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JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE
ISSN : 26559080     EISSN : 26858878     DOI : https://doi.org/10.30743/
Journal of Language (JoL) is an open access and a peer reviewed scientific journal covering research reports in linguistics, literature or language teaching, and critical evaluations of books on the related areas published by Faculty of Literature, Islamic University of North Sumatra (UISU), Medan, Indonesia. The main objective of JoL is to provide a platform for scholars, academicians and researchers to share the contemporary thoughts mainly in the fields of language, literature, and language teaching. This journal is published twice a year in May and November.
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REALITY OF HUBRIS SYNDROME THROUGH HERMAN MELVILLE’S NOVEL MOBY DICK Hidayati Hidayati; Arifuddin Arifuddin; Aflina Aflina; Ratna Sari Dewi
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 3, No 1: May 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/jol.v3i1.3700

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Exposing  hubris syndrome, a behavior pattern that is not in accordance with the norms of standard behavior and becomes part of a mental disorder is  the objective of the study. This syndrome usually occurs in someone with power in hand, tending to be tyrannical and feeling to be   always right. In the study of literature Hubris syndrome refers to the tragic flaw that brings a person, usually an important figure, to a self-destruction. Hubris syndrome can occur to anyone. The method used is descriptive qualitative tied to things experienced by the community termed a social phenomenon. The results show that the central figure in this novel, a captain of a whale hunting vessel, experiences hubris syndrome with three prominent patterns of behavior: narcissistic propensity, excessive confidence and loneliness. In the first pattern, the person concerned feels like a superhuman deserving to be admired and attended to. The second, excessive self-confidence cannot be accepted by rational thinking. The third is the consequence of the first two patterns of living a life of solitude because of losing contact with the surroundings. The storyline ends tragically; the entire crew is killed by the whale and only one left and becomes a narrator. Hubris syndrome in the novel is a reality meaning that anyone who has a certain position tends to have Hubris syndrome and this is in line with the findings in the field with a percentage reaching 92.
INTIMATE LANGUAGE STYLE IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ MOVIE SCRIPT THE NOTEBOOK Annisa Octaviani; Purwarno Purwarno
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 3, No 1: May 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/jol.v3i1.3715

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This research is aimed at analyzing the intimate language style used by the characters in The Notebook movie. In this research, the characteristics of the intimate language style used by the characters and the factors that influence these figures using intimate language styles in the movie would be revealed. The researchers apply a descriptive qualitative design. The research data are in the forms of film transcripts. The main theory used in this research is the theory proposed by Martin Joos. The results show that the researchers find 22 intimate language style utterances. In detail, the 22 intimate language style utterances include Addresse with 6 data, Extraction with 4 data, Jargon 3 data, Close relationship with 5 data, and Family relationship with 4 data. In addition, it is also found that there are four social factors that influence the characters to use intimate language styles. The first factor is the participants. The film's participants have very close relationships such as Family members or Close friends. The second factor is topic. The topics discussed in this film are privacy and love. The third factor is setting. Conversations in the film are often completed in several informal and private places such as beaches, houses and so on. The fourth factor is function. The speech functions produced by these characters vary; however, most of them have the same aim; that is to convey or show their intimacy to each other.
INTERPERSONAL METAPHOR OF MOOD IN ANTHONY DOERR’S NOVEL ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE Ali Sofyan; Sri Wulan
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 3, No 1: May 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/jol.v3i1.3705

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This study aims to explore the transference of mood in interpersonal metaphor. The design method is descriptive and the approach is qualitative research. The main data are taken from the novel All the Light We Cannot See written by Anthony Doerr. The analysis is done by identifying the interpersonal metaphor of mood in the novel, describing them, and determining the dominant transference by using the percentage formula. 160 pages or one-third of the novel were taken as the data of this study. By completing the steps of the objectives, the significance is to give a thorough comprehension about interpersonal metaphor of mood and the transferences occurred in the sentences whether it is in texts or in speeches. The finding shows that the dominant mood found in the novel is declarative which reaches 44% occurrences. The second mood which often occurs in the novel is interrogative with 40%. The third is command in interrogative mood with 12%occurences and the statement in imperative mood follows with 4% occurrences; while there two patterns which cannot be found in the novel. They are question in declarative mood and imperative mood. It implies that most sentences in the novel give command in declarative form.
WOMAN’S BRAVERY AGAINST GENDER INEQUALITY IN DANIELLE STEEL’S THE RIGHT TIME Octavia Putri; Safitri Hariani
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 3, No 1: May 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/jol.v3i1.3717

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This research is to  analyze  the bravery of a woman in facing gender inequality in Danielle Steel's Novel The Right Time. Alexandra Winslow is a young woman who has a dream to be a crime thriller story writer. During the journey of realizing her dream as a writer, she should be brave to face discrimination from male crime thriller writers and gender inequality from society. This research is completed by the use of descriptive qualitative method. The data are obtained by quoting related quotations from the story of the novel. Then, the data analysis is conducted by classifying the data related to the research problems of this study. The results show that there are three types of bravery done by the main character: bravery to fight against marginalization, abolish stereotype and thwart violence. Winslow's ability to write is not in doubt. Those who know Winslow closely and have read her writings find Winslow's writing to be extraordinary. Thanking to the support of the people around him, Winslow dares to continue her dream of becoming a famous writer even though she has to hide behind the identity of a man.
SEXUAL ABUSE IN LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON’S NOVEL SPEAK Dwi Anggriani; M. Amrin Siregar
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 3, No 1: May 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/jol.v3i1.3712

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This paper discusses the impacts of sexual abuse found in the novel Speak which has been selected as the source of data because this novel has a strong impact on sexual abuse victim. The story is about a female teenager who becomes a victim of abuse and it gives her many impacts. The aims of this study are to find out and analyze the impacts of sexual abuse and is conducted based on the concept of sexual abuse, a crime related to sexuality and more specifically related to male and female sexuality. Sexual abuse can include sexual harassment and sexual assault. Sexual abuse is an act that can harm and damage the victims with physical, psychological, sexual and even emotional impacts.  This study applies descriptive qualitative method which collects the data taken from the novel that has been read. The result of the study shows that there are three forms of sexual abuse impacts: physical, psychological and behavioral.
AUTONOMOUS MOTIVATION OF PROTAGONIST’S SELF DETERMINATION IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ THE BEST OF ME Irma Oktia Waila; Sri Wulan
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 3, No 1: May 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/jol.v3i1.3718

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Nicholas Sparks’ The Best of Me is a novel that tells the story of a love journey between Dawson Cole and Amanda Collier, who is forced to be blocked by Amanda's parents who do not approve of their love because of differences in social class so that in the end they have to separate. However, after being separated for so long they are reunited with different circumstances. The strength of this novel is the moral value of the main character. This study aims to examine the self-determination that exists in the protagonist. In examining this novel, the writers adopt descriptive qualitative research. There two forms of self-determination. They are autonomous motivation and controlled motivation. The study is focused only on the autonomous motivation of the protagonist’s self determination in the novel. Two aspects are found as the protagonist’s autonomous motivation. These aspects happen to the protagonist’s love story in the novel. The first is loyalty and the second firmness of love. The protagonist shows his self-determination by means of two aspects.
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN JAY ASHER’S NOVEL THIRTEEN REASONS WHY Alda Dwi Afangka; Purwarno Purwarno
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 3, No 1: May 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/jol.v3i1.3713

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This study is aimed at analyzing juvenile delinquency in Jay Asher’s novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, published in 2007. Further, the analysis is focused on the forms of juvenile delinquency covering bullying, drinking alcohol, having free sex, and having sexual harrasment done by the characters of the novel named Hannah Baker, Bryce Walker, Justin Foley, Alex Standall, Jessica Davis, Courtney Crimsen, Marcus Cooley, and Bryce Walker. This research is conducted to reveal the forms of juvenile delinquency conducted by the main characters in the novel. This study is qualitatively carried out.  In this study, the researchers apply the theory of juvenile delinquency proposed by Santrock, supported by that proposed by Kartono referring to  a variety of behavior of children and adolescents which the society does not approve and for which some kind of admonishment, punishment, or preventive and corrective measures are justified in the public interest. The research results show that the forms of juvenile delinquency: bullying, drinking alcohol, having free sex, and having sexual harassment are vividly reflected and clearly done by the main characters in the novel.
BRAVERY IN EKA KURNIAWAN’S NOVEL BEAUTY IS A WOUND Yodi Kurniawan; Zulfan Sahri
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 3, No 1: May 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/jol.v3i1.3719

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In  Beauty Is A Wound, Kurniawan portrays three kinds of bravery:  physical bravery, social bravery, and moral bravery. These three kinds of bravery are constructed through the roles of the protagonist during the Japanese invasion in Indonesia. The protagonist uses her physical bravery to fight back against anybody who wants to hurt her or the people she loves. The second is social bravery; the protagonist has courage to have dispute with the person who wants to take advantages and threaten her; her action disfigures her image in front of many people. In her moral bravery, the protagonist does not expect any respect from anyone; even for a debt payment and she finally must do a disgusting work to find out her grandmother’s treasure she buries in a septic tank pipe. The method used to do the analysis is descriptive research method due to its suitability for describing the data properly. The result indicates that the protagonist acts bravely to defend her and her friends’ rights despite living as a prisoner; she is willing to prostitute herself for her and her friends’ safety; she then morally struggles to pay all her debt. Three kinds of bravery are found in the novel.
NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS ON THE PROTAGONIST IN FAYE BIRD’S NOVEL MY SECOND LIFE Dinda Femilya Utari; M. Manugeren
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 3, No 1: May 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/jol.v3i1.3699

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The objective of this study is to find out the psychological problems on the protagonist and the negative impacts caused by the psychological problems in Faye Bird’s novel My Second Life published in 2014. Psychological problem are disorders of cognitive, volition, affective, and psychomotor generating to psychological disorders characterized by abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. The two aspects of the problems are in reality get into the corridor of psychology, a study about human’s soul or mind, either about its symptoms, processes, or its background. As literature is a reflection of society, all the characters are also members of literary community leading to a concept that psychology and literature are closely related.  This novel is about a teenager who experiences various psychological problems after finding out that in her first life she has been the cause of someone’s death. This study is conducted to give an overview to all people about the negative impacts of psychological problems experienced by the protagonist. This study applies qualitative method going through social phenomena and the data are collected from the novel. The results show the psychological problems are depression, anxiety and trauma causing negative impacts in the forms of insomnia, lack of concentration and truancy.
MULTIPLE PERSONALITY IN VENOM MOVIE SCRIPT WRITTEN BY JEFF PINKNER ET.AL. Lazuardi Akbar; Safitri Hariani
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 3, No 1: May 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/jol.v3i1.3714

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This study constitutes an analysis of the Multiple Personalities in Venom Movie. This analysis describes the multiple personalities which occur in Eddie Brock as the main character of the movie. The data are obtained from the script of the movie which is analyzed in discussion of this study. The writers adopts the theory of multiple personality with a concept of disruption in memory and identity of a person. Multiple personality is also termed Dissociative Identity Disorder, disorder marked by the change of individual feeling concerning identity, memory or conscious. An individual gets difficulty in recollecting important events of himself in the past, forgetting his identity even forming his new identity. The whole study is conducted by descriptive qualitative design, classifying the obtained data in two sub topics. The first is about the main  cahracter as a journalist. The second is about the main character as  venom. As a journalist, he is weak, fearful and kind, but as venom, he is strong, brave and evil. After analyzing the data, it can be concluded that the main character, Eddie Brock. in Venom movie written by Jeff Pinkner Et. Al. has multiple personalities with two personalities.

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