Musamus Journal of Language and Literature

An Analysis of Illocutionary Act in Western Song Lyrics “Espresso By Sabrina Carpenter”

2025-05-08T04:49:06+00:00

This study aimed to investigate the illocutionary acts in the song lyrics of Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso." Using a descriptive qualitative method, data were collected and analyzed based on John Searle's (1979) theory of illocutionary acts. The lyrics of "Espresso" contained a total of 22 data of illocutionary acts. The analysis revealed four categories: assertives (11 data), directives (4 data), expressives (4 data), and commissives (3 data). Assertives, the most dominant category, highlighted the speaker's statements and beliefs. Directives and expressives conveyed commands and emotions, while commissives indicated commitments. This study demonstrates how song lyrics function as a medium for emotional and social communication, contributing to understanding language use in art and culture and offering insights for educational approaches integrating popular culture.

Deixis analysis on Imagine Song by John Lennon

2025-05-08T04:49:06+00:00

Deixis refers to the research of using spoken or written language to indicate or indicate something specific. This research aims to analyze the deixis used in a song by John Lennon entitled Imagine and to understand the meanings this deixis conveys. This research used a qualitative approach with content analysis. The analysis was performed using the Dexis theory proposed by Yule. The results show that there are three categories of deixis found in the data: personal, spatial deixis, and temporal deixis. Among them, personal deixis is the most common, followed by spatial deixis, and temporal deixis is the least used. Moreover, data analysis shows that the person deixis plays a role in revealing by whom the sentence is uttered and to whom it refers. Spatial definitions are used to clarify sentences regarding word location and reference. On the other hand, temporal deixis is used to give timing and description of events. In conclusion, using deixis in song allows people to convey clear information about who is speaking, where the conversation occurs, and when it will occur.

Affixation on a News Article Titled Akhir Desember Proyek Pengaman Pantai di Teluk Jakarta Kelar Dibangun

2025-05-08T04:49:06+00:00

The study examines the analysis of affixation in a news article “Akhir Desember Pproyek Pengaman Pantai di Teluk Jakarta Kelar Dibangun” Edition (2024). The purpose of this study was to describe the affixation analysis contained in a news article entitled Akhir Desember Pproyek Pengaman Pantai di Teluk Jakarta Kelar Dibangun. The theory used by morphology about affixation. The type of research used is qualitative. The data collection technique uses reading and recording techniques. The data analysis technique uses morphological studies. The data in this study is a sentence that contains affixation in a news article article entitled Akhir Desember Pproyek Pengaman Pantai di Teluk Jakarta Kelar Dibangun Edition (2024). The data source is a news article entitled ' Akhir Desember Pproyek Pengaman Pantai di Teluk Jakarta Kelar Dibangun Edition (2024). The results of this study show that the types of affixation are divided into 3, namely prefix which means a suffix located in front or beginning, suffix means a suffix which is usually used as a change of meaning or class of words from a base word to a new word. Confix (combination of prefix and suffix). In this study, there are 9 Prefixes, 3 Suflics and 19 Confixes.

Uncovering Gender Disparity in Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin

2025-05-08T04:49:07+00:00

Mostly telling about Iris Chase, The Blind Assassin projected a series of complex circumstances that happened in her family and marriage lives. Realizing that this novel also contains gender issues, therefore this study focused on gender differences by the characters portrayed in The Blind Assassin, a historical fiction novel by Margaret Atwood. Due to a number of considerations, the content of the novel tickled this curiosity about how gender differences occur in the novel, to which this will lead to the prime discussion of this analysis. The data were collected by adapting Miles and Huberman’s qualitative research model. Through analyzing the content and meaning of the text, this research applied McKee’s textual analysis (2003) in order to describe and reveal the messages contained in the novel. Based on the results of existing data analysis, it was found that gender differences occur in some parts of the novel. Furthermore, the major difference was noticed on the gender inequality between men and women. It was strengthened by the data that the men characters were significantly dominant rather than the women characters in the novel.

Language Crime Practices: Cyberbullying in the TikTok Comment Section (Review) – A Forensic Linguistics Analysis

2025-05-08T04:49:07+00:00

The practice of language crimes has become a rampant phenomenon amid current information technology developments. The impact that can be caused by language crimes on social media may not be felt physically, but directly affect the victim's mentality. This research aims to investigate the form and pattern of cyberbullying as a practice of language crimes committed by Tiktok residents to one of the young tiktokers, namely Fujianti Utami on the Tiktok @fujiiian account. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method, forensic linguistic review. Documentation techniques were used to collect and analyze data based on the Milles & Huberman analysis model of speech, which indicated the presence of language crime practices. The results of this study show that the number of harassment bullying speeches collected (387), it is known that the most common bullying pattern carried out by TikTok residents on @fujiiian accounts is head act (219) and the least pattern is supportive move (mitigating) – head act- supportive move (mitigating), which is as many as (5). Although language crimes are criminal acts, they cannot be processed legally. This is because bullying on social media is a complaint that will only be processed if the party who feels aggrieved files a report to the police.

Representation of Gender Injustice in the Novel "Gadis Pantai" by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

2025-05-08T04:49:07+00:00

This research aims to describe (1) the representation of women's injustice in the novel Girl Beach, (2) the representation of women's struggle in the novel Girl Beach by Pramoedya Ananta Toer. The design of this research is qualitative descriptive. The data source used is the novel Pantai Girl by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, published in 2003, 270 pages, publisher Lentera Dipantara, in Jakarta. The data collection technique that the author uses in this research uses the documentation method. The data collected was in the form of quotes regarding the representation of injustice and the struggles of female characters sourced from the novel Pantai Girl by Pramoedya Ananta Toer. The results of the research are that the main character in the novel Pantai Girl by Pramoedya Ananta Toer experiences injustice which includes subordination (assuming it is not important in decisions), stereotypes (negative labeling), violence (violence), and double burden (double burden), while the representation of the character's struggle in Fighting injustice in the novel Pantai Girl by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, namely the character Pantai Girl fights back by expressing opinions and resistance in the form of physical actions.