cover
Article Per Year (5 Year)
All
Home Page
OAI Link
Editorial Team
Contact
Reviewer
Google Scholar
Contact Name
Heru Susanto
Contact Email
anto.eru84@gmail.com
Phone
+6285245145680
Journal Mail Official
cakrawala@stkipsingkawang.ac.id
Editorial Address
STKIP SIngkawang, Jalan STKIP - Kelurahan Naram Singkawang, Kalimantan Barat, INDONESIA, 79251
Location
Kota singkawang,
Kalimantan barat
INDONESIA
Cakrawala Linguista
Published by STKIP Singkawang
ISSN : 25979779     EISSN : 25979787     DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.26737/cling
Core Subject : Humanities, Education,
Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media
CAKRAWALA LINGUISTA is a peer-reviewed scientific open access, with e-ISSN 2597-9787 and p-ISSN 2597-9779 published by Institute for Managing and Publishing Scientific Journals at STKIP Singkawang, Indonesia in 2015. In Last 2016 Cakrawala Linguista has built Organization and Editorial team to publish scientific paper. Cakrawala Linguista is Journal of applied linguistic which publishes research-based articles in the field of language, literature, and learning. It is published twice a year, namely in July and December. The scopes of the topics include, but not limited to: 1) Foreign language learning, Indonesian language, vernacular language and Malay language learning; (2) Linguistics; (3) Applied Linguistics, and; (4) Literature. Articles can be written in English, Indonesian or Malay. Please send the articles to our OJS system.
Arjuna Subject : Seni dan Humaniora - Bahasa dan Linguistik
Articles 131 Documents
 10   11   12   13   14 
The Interaction of Lexical Ambiguity and Irony in Barbie (2023): A Semantic–Pragmatic Study of Meaning Construction in Film Dialogue Belgis Raya Bian Paradieshta; Buyun Khulel
CAKRAWALA LINGUISTA Vol 9, No 1 (2026): VOLUME 9, NUMBER 1 July 2026
Publisher : STKIP Singkawang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26737/cling.v9i1.9493

Abstract

This study investigates how lexical ambiguity and irony contribute to meaning construction in the dialogue of Barbie (2023). It aims to identify selected forms of lexical ambiguity, describe the types of irony used in the film, and explain how both linguistic devices construct social criticism related to gender, identity, and power. The study employed a qualitative descriptive design supported by directed qualitative content analysis. The data consisted of selected English dialogue exchanges from the film, verified through the screenplay and subtitles. The data were analyzed using a semantic–pragmatic approach through identification, classification, contextual interpretation, and coding in a data matrix. The findings show that lexical ambiguity is primarily represented through polysemy and literal–figurative extension, particularly in expressions such as perfect, real, dying, and played with. Meanwhile, verbal, situational, and dramatic irony are used to reveal contradictions in beauty ideals, gender roles, corporate empowerment, and masculine entitlement. The analysis also indicates that expressions such as ordinary, Dreamhouse, and box function mainly as evaluative or symbolic re-framing within ironic contexts rather than as direct cases of lexical ambiguity. Overall, the findings demonstrate that the dialogue in Barbie functions not only to create humor and support narrative development, but also to question fixed assumptions about femininity, identity, social power, and institutional control.

Page 14 of 14 | Total Record : 131

 10   11   12   13   14 

Filter by Year

2018 2026


Reset
Filter By Issues
All Issue Vol 9, No 1 (2026): VOLUME 9, NUMBER 1 July 2026 Vol 8, No 2 (2025): Volume 8, Number 2 December 2025 Vol 8, No 1 (2025): Volume 8, Number 1 July 2025 Vol 7, No 1 (2024): Vol 7, No 1 (2024): Volume 7 Number 1 July 2024 Vol 7, No 2 (2024): Vol 7, Number 2 (December 2024) Vol 6, No 2 (2023): Volume 6 Number 2 December 2023 Vol 6, No 1 (2023): Volume 6 Number 1 July 2023 Vol 5, No 2 (2022): VOLUME 5 NUMBER 2 DECEMBER 2022 Vol 5, No 1 (2022): Volume 5 Number 1 July 2022 Vol 4, No 2 (2021): Volume 4 Number 2 December 2021 Vol 4, No 1 (2021): Volume 4 Number 1 July 2021 Vol 3, No 2 (2020): Volume 3 Number 2 December 2020 Vol 3, No 1 (2020): Volume 3 Number 1 July 2020 Vol 2, No 2 (2019): Volume 2 Number 2 December 2019 Vol 2, No 1 (2019): Volume 2 Number 1 July 2019 Vol 1, No 2 (2018): Volume 1 Number 2 December 2018 Vol 1, No 1 (2018): Volume 1 Number 1 July 2018 More Issue