This research took a treaty namely Ottawa Treaty. The objectives of this research were to find out the reasons why United States of America refused to sign Ottawa treaty. This research used a qualitative one with library research as the method meaning that this research used collected data in analyzing the research question by presenting,...

research were to find out the reasons why United States of America refused to sign Ottawa treaty. This research used a qualitative one with library research as the method meaning that this research used collected data in analyzing the research question by presenting, collaborating, and analyzing them. The data source of the research was a...

This research is a qualitative research employing descriptive comparative method. It is aimed to describe and compare the appraisals applied by the writers in writing the two texts exposing the bailout of Bank Century entitled The Fallout of the Century and Why the Bank Century Bailout was a Correct Decision?, based on Systemic Functional...

This research focuses on the compliments used by the characters in the film entitled “The Holiday”. This research was conducted to describe the types of topics of compliment employed by the characters in the film entitled “The Holiday”, the functions of each type of topics of compliment, and also the compliment responses expressed by the...

This research explored the appraisal system in the gossip news text written by Perez Hilton, taken from his website, perezhilton.com. There were eight texts that were analyzed. They were two texts of Katy Perry, two text of Leona Lewis, two text of Miley Cyrus, and two texts of Chris Brown, which were analyzed using Appraisal Theory. Appraisal...

This research explored the appraisal system in the editorial and opinion column exposing issue of Ahmadiyah, taken from Jakarta Globe and Jakarta Post Websites. There were four texts that were analyzed. They were four texts of editorial and opinion taken from The Jakarta Globe and Jakarta Post Websites. These texts were analyzed using Appraisal...

This research is mainly aimed to explain the generation gaps between Issei and Nissei and how the generation gapsbetween them affect the construction of identity of Nissei as seen in short story compilation entitled “Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories”. The source of the data is the short story compilation of Hisaye Yamamoto entitled...

The research was mainly aimed to answer how the novel The Devil Wears Prada reflects the myth of individual freedom. The research was descriptive qualitative research of which the source of main data was the novel The Devil Wears Prada written by Lauren Weisberger. The main data of the research were dialogues, narration, comments, expressions,...

This research focuses on the impoliteness act employed by the characters in American TV Series Grey’s Anatomy Episode A Hard Day’s Night. This research was conducted to describe the impoliteness strategy used by the characters in American TV Series Grey’s Anatomy Episode A Hard Day’s Night, the reason that encourages...

This research aims to explain how the myth of American technology as savior and protector is reflected in this game. The research is descriptive qualitative research of which the source of data is the game Command and Conquer: Generals directed by Joseph D. Kucan. The main data of the research are description of the weapons, camera angles, and...