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STRUCTURAL AND LEXICAL AMBIGUITY IN THE POLITICAL ARTICLE OF JAKARTA POST Purba, Rika Imadawati; Sinaga, Nenni Triana; Sipayung, Kammer Tuahman
J-Shelves of Indragiri (JSI) Vol 4 No 2 (2023): J-Shelves of Indragiri (JSI)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61672/jsi.v4i2.2588

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This research aims to analyze the structural and lexical ambiguity in the political article in the Jakarta Post. A qualitative analysis method was used in this study. The observation was done by collecting political articles from the Jakarta Post online. Interactive models were employed with three steps: data condensation, data display, and drawing concluding/verifying. The findings show many structural and lexical ambiguity cases in political articles of the Jakarta Post, which can lead to misunderstandings and wrong interpretations. 57 structural ambiguities and 63 lexical ambiguities were found in ten political articles. The accuracy in choosing words and using word structure impacts writing quality. The writing quality helps the readers understand the information in political articles.
TRANSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF PRABOWO SUBIANTO'S SPEECH AT THE 20TH SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE CONFERENCE IN SINGAPORE Gea, Femi Kurnia Kasih; Tampubolon, Sahlan; Sinaga, Nenni Triana
J-Shelves of Indragiri (JSI) Vol 6 No 1 (2024): J-SHELVES OF INDRAGIRI (JSI)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61672/jsi.v6i1.2744

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This research discusses transitivity in Prabowo Subianto's speech. This research aims to analyze Prabowo Subianto's speech at the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue conference in Singapore, focusing on identifying transitivity processes, participants, and dominant circumstances. Descriptive qualitative research, it aims to reveal the types of processes, participants, and circumstances in Prabowo's speech. This research uses Halliday's systemic functional linguistics theory. The results show five types of transitivity processes in speech: material, mental, relational, verbal, and existential. The analysis shows that in Prabowo's speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue Conference in Singapore, some clauses can be classified based on the type of transitivity process. The number includes 21 clauses for material processes, 15 for mental processes, 28 for relational processes, 5 for verbal processes, and 5 for existential processes. The total number of clauses analyzed is 74, with division based on transitivity components such as process, participant, and circumstance. The results showed that relational processes dominated Prabowo's speech with a percentage of 37.83%, which emphasized the relationship between entities such as the state and geopolitical powers. The participant analysis highlights the role of actors and goals in diplomacy with a percentage of 29.37%. In contrast, in the study of circumstances, breadth elements were found at a rate of 25.64%, which provided context and depth to the discussion of global issues.
AN ANALYSIS OF USING SLANG LANGUAGE OF GEN Z BASED ON TIKTOK VIDEOS: SOCIOLINGUISTICS APPROACH Siagian, Amelia Domu Romauli; Sinaga, Nenni Triana; Lestari, Febrika Dwi
J-Shelves of Indragiri (JSI) Vol 6 No 1 (2024): J-SHELVES OF INDRAGIRI (JSI)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61672/jsi.v6i1.2745

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Slang languagehas become part of everyday language, as people use it in daily conversations. The use of slang is more dominant among young people, especially Gen Z. Generation Z has a big influence in the spread of slang, especially on various social media today, one of which is currently popular is TikTok.Slang is a relaxed language that is often used by people in daily conversations in various fields. However, the existence of this slang also creates problems in the language structure. Slang may initially only be used in certain environments, but some can develop into part of a wider language in today's culture and trends. Slang often creates or changes the meaning of words or phrases that already exist in formal language.This research aims to find out the type of slang used by Gen Z based on TikTok videos (Partridge: 2004) and identify the dominant type of slang used by Gen Z based on TikTok videos.This researchusesa Descriptive Qualitative method by selecting and collecting data from TikTok Videos.From the data analyzed, there are 25 data types of Society slang such as mukbang, viral, massage, worth it, guys, burn out, fomo, healing, friendly, idol, pov, pick me girl, cool cats, kittens, guys, gonna, kicking off, gross, darn it, guys, very dead, bts, shades, a little doll, 4 data types of slang in Publicity such as Reglow, Frestea, Fresh Break Zone, Everwhite, and last 1 data type of PublicHouse slang that is cheering. From the analysis of calculating percentage data, Society slang with a percentage result of 83,33%, slang in Publicity 13,33%, and Public House slang gets 3,33%. From these findings, it is concluded that Society slang is the most dominant type of slang among other types of slang.
AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN NICOLE’S ALBUM BY NIKI Sinaga, Nenni Triana; Ambarita, Angelica Septina; Simarmata , Rina O.
J-Shelves of Indragiri (JSI) Vol 6 No 1 (2024): J-SHELVES OF INDRAGIRI (JSI)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61672/jsi.v6i1.2747

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This research aims to determine the type of figurative language in Niki's song lyrics on Nicole's album and the type of figurative language that is most dominant in Niki's song lyrics on Nicole's album. This research has two problems, namely the first is looking for figurative language in Niki's album and looking for the most dominant figurative language in Niki's album. The method used is the Qualitative Descriptive Method. The data for this research are song lyrics that contain figurative language. The data source for this research is Nicole Albums which was released on August 11, 2022. This research data is the song lyrics of five songs taken randomly by Niki, namely "Backburner", "Anaheim", "Oceans & Engines", On "Home Drive" and "Take a Chance With Me". The instruments of this research are observation and documentation. The results obtained were 8 types of Figurative Language, namely 5 Alliterations, 10 Hyperbole, 14 Metaphors, 3 Similes, 4 Symbols, 3 Personifications, 1 Metonymy, 6 Irony. And the most dominant figurative language used in Nicole's albums is metaphor, with the percentage of alliteration accounting for 11%, hyperbole 22%, metaphor 30%, simile 7%, symbol 9%, personification 7%, metonymy 2%, and finally 13% irony.