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AN ANALYSIS OF POLITENESS MAXIMS USED BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN COCO MOVIE wedndha warouw; Jenie Posumah; Maikel B. G. Sanger
SoCul: International Journal of Research in Social Cultural Issues Vol. 1 No. 5 (2021): SoCul: International Journal of Research in Social Cultural Issues
Publisher : Faculty of Language and Arts (Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni) Universitas Negeri Manado

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This research is titled "An Analysis of Politeness Maxims Used by the Main Character in Coco Movie," this study focuses on maxims related to the politeness principle by Leech. As a result, the researchers create a problem as follows: What kinds of maxims are used in the Coco Movie? The researchers employe Leech's Theory to address the question. The descriptive qualitative approach is employed in this study. The discussions in the Coco Movie script are the source of this study's data. After examining the data, it is discovered that the Movie Coco contains five maxims. The following are the statistics: 9 tact maxims, 5 generosity maxims, 1 modesty maxim, 4 approbation maxims, and 5 agreement maxims. Furthermore, tact maxim is the most frequently used maxim in Coco’s movie since the main character in this movie is concerned more with giving benefit to people around him, by using the tact maxim the speaker shows respect to the hearer by employing the tact maxim.
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS IN TAYLOR SWIFT’S SONGS ON THE ALBUM EVERMORE Siti R Kondoalumang; Sanerita T. Olii; Maikel B. G. Sanger
SoCul: International Journal of Research in Social Cultural Issues Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): SoCul: International Journal of Research in Social Cultural Issues
Publisher : Faculty of Language and Arts (Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni) Universitas Negeri Manado

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This study aims at identifying and describing the idiomatic expressions found in Taylor Swift’s songs on the Evermore album. This study was a descriptive qualitative study that used note-taking and literature review as the means of collecting the data. The primary data of this study were taken from the lyrics of 4 songs in Taylor Swift’s Evermore album. The researcher also used secondary data such as academic articles, books, and various websites in conducting this study. The data were then analyzed using the content analysis technique proposed by Miles and Huberman. The result showed that there are 21 idioms found in Swift’s song lyrics in the Evermore album. Based on its types, there are 2 proverb idioms, 8 phrasal compound idioms, 9 tournures idioms, and 2 simile idioms. Those idiomatic expressions are used to express the problem in life and the problems in love faced by the character in the songs.
THE USE OF DESERT ISLAND ACTIVITY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY Thessa Hermita Entoh; Mister G. Maru; Maikel B. G. Sanger
SoCul: International Journal of Research in Social Cultural Issues Vol. 2 No. 5 (2022): SoCul: International Journal of Research in Social Cultural Issues
Publisher : Faculty of Language and Arts (Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni) Universitas Negeri Manado

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This study intends to investigate the effectiveness of desert island activity in improving students' vocabulary. In conducting this research, the authors used quantitative research through post-test only with the experimental group and the control group. This research was conducted at SMPN 2 Tondano. The subject of the research is the 8th grade students at SMPN 2 Tondano. The findings show that the use of the desert island activity is very effective in improving students' English vocabulary skills. It further supports that choosing the right game and educating greatly influences the output of each learner. Therefore, the importance of the desert island activity in the process of learning English vocabulary for students, especially for the conditions of students in Indonesia with various learning styles, one of which is the Minahasa Regency, which has inadequate network access, can make the desert island activity a good reference to be recommended to students.