This research examines the features of women’s language used by Padma Lakshmi and Cardi B in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, applying Lakoff’s (1975) theory of women’s language features and Pearson et al.'s (1985) for women’s language functions. It investigates: the types, the dominance, and the functions of these features. This qualitative research employs a descriptive me…
The research with the types and functions of taboo words in movie The Nice Guys 2016. The objectives of the research were to analyze the type and function of taboo words in movie The Nice Guys 2016. The data were analyzed by identifying types and functions of taboo words in movie The Nice Guys 2016 taken from the script of dialogues The Nice Guys 2016. This study used a descriptive qualitati…
This study examines how Indonesian youth celebrities use English on Instagram to construct their social identities. Through qualitative content analysis of posts from young influencers aged 13–24, the research applies Hall and Bucholtz’s (2005) identity framework, Emergence, Positionality, Indexicality, Rationality, and Partiality to analyze their linguistic strategies. Findings reveal…
This study investigates the semantic changes in islamic terms used in English texts, with focus on articles published in the Adabiyah Journal from 2022 to 2024. Using a qualitative Corpus-based approach, this research identifies which islamic terms have undergone a change in meaning, the factors influencing these changes, and how these meanings develop in different contexts. The results sh…
This research is aimed at identifying characteristics of male and female language by using the characteristics of male language in a film as well as the use of language functions. This research uses Coates’ theory about characteristics of male language (2013) and language functions by Jacobson (1960). The research design in this research used a descriptive- qualitative method. The data…
This study is focused on the linguistic landscape in food and beverage advertisements at malls in Makassar. The objectives of this study are: 1) To see how languages are used in Linguistic Landscape of food and beverage advertisement at malls in Makassar. 2) To describe the functions of linguistic landscape of food and beverage advertisement at Malls in Makassar based on the theory of Bourh…
This study explains the use of jargon by teenagers in Bulukumba Regency with the aim of identifying jargon and its function in the online game "Mobile Legends" used by teenagers when they play the game. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method for data collection, using recording sheets and interviews as instruments to obtain valid data. The results of this study indicate that teena…
Linguistics is the scientific study of natural language. Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure (grammar) and the study of meaning (semantics). Grammar encompasses morphology (the formation and composition of words), syntax (the rules that determine how words combine into phrases and sentences) and phonology (the …
Paralinguistic features refer to non-verbal communication which can be seen from the non-vocal aspect and vocal aspect. The purpose of this research is to find out what are the paralinguistic features performed by the English Lecturer in the (EFL) Classroom and to investigate what is the students’ perception toward the English lecturer’s paralinguistic features in the classroom of seco…
This study the researcher discussed the related terms of cosmetology. The researcher used register theory based on Halliday’s (1989) theory to focus in explaining the registers used in terms of make-up. The source of this study was taken from 9 makeup tutorial videos pf each vlogger namely Steph's Beauty05, Christen Dominique and Charles. In this study, the researcher used qualitative me…