AbstrakThis research was conducted to investigate Siera Bearchell, the plus size contender in Miss Universe as the representation of antithesis of slenderness in Miss Universe. This research also investigated how Siera Bearchell perpetuated her female power by becoming the plus size contender.  Furthermore, this research also unraveled the way...

AbstrakNews is not free from interest. It is the product of dialectic between phenomena that happens and the values applied by media, so that news reality is considered as subjective reality. The disbandment of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) has attracted some media to actively report it in form of news. This research examines the news construction...

AbstrakGeorge Orwell and Rudyard Kipling are British authors who have different perspectives towards imperialism. Their works, the essays  “Shooting an Elephant” and “A Hanging” by George Orwell and a novel “The Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling, give imagery about imperialism. This research is conducted to find out George Orwell and...

AbstrakThis is a descriptive-qualitative research, which focuses on the analysis of the translation of taboo expressions on the movie entitled Deadpool 2 and aims to find out (i) the types of taboo expressions in the movie, (ii) the techniques employed by two different translators from different platforms to translate taboo expressions, and (iii)...

AbstrakPower is one of the most wanted things in this world. Many people fight each other to get power. It is not easy to achieve a certain power. The bigger power they want the bigger difficulties they face. Sometimes, some of them use their cunning to accomplish their desire for power. When they succeed to get it, they will do everything to...

AbstrakThis research examines the representations of African-American stereotype and the struggle of Black American girl in National Spelling Bee contest in Hollywood movie entitled Akeelah and the Bee (2006). The use of African-American English (AAVE) is one of the stereotype often depicted in Hollywood movie. Race theories are used to examine...

This research aims to describe the maxims being flouted in the film. Besides, this research also aims to describe the strategies being exploited to flout the maxims. Moreover, this research aims to explain why the characters perform the strategies in flouting the maxims.Data in the form of utterances were collected from dialogues in the film...

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui Kosakata Khusus Liturgi yang ditemukan dalam novel “Jesus Son of Man,” teknik penerjemahan yang digunakan oleh penerjemah dalam menerjemahkan Kosakata Khusus Liturgi (LSV) dalam novel Yesus Anak Manusia, dan menganalisis dampak dari penggunaan. Teknik terjemahan tersebut pada tingkat...

This paper investigates the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) in studying the inauguration speech of Donald Trump at the Capitol Hill, Washington DC on January 20, 2017. The objective of the study is to uncover the hidden messages regarding ideologies shared and critiques appointed to. The paper uses the theory of CDA by Norman Fairclough by...

James Charles, „a man in makeup?, who rejected the label of transgender presented various gender expression on his Instagram account. Thus, for that reason, this research was conducted to find out James Charles? gender identity construction causing ambiguity and marginalized position in gender identity. Further, this research also examined the...