This research is conducted to analyze the techniques and quality of translationof constructions containing present participle in the novel entitled Looking for Alaska. The objectives of this research are to find out: (1) the types of present participle in the novel,  (2)  the translation  techniques  applied  by the translators  in ...

This research is focused on two issues, they are: 1) the type of event names and the translation techniques applied in translating event names in the translated historical book entitled An Outline of American History and 2) the impact of the translation techniques on the translation quality in terms of accuracy and acceptability. Belonging to...

This research is conducted to analyze the techniques and the quality of translation of clauses containing non-standard negation ain’t in the novel entitled The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The writer analyses and discusses the types of ain’t, the techniques to translate the clauses containing non-standard negation ain’t, and the impact of the...

Abstrak    This research aims at analyzing request speech acts based on Blum Kulka et al.’s theory applied by the characters in Harry Potter Movie entitled Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets. There are two objectives of this research. The first is to classify the relationship between the characters in the movie entitled Harry Potter and...

AbstrakThis research focuses on analyzing the use of conjunctions in 25 recounttexts made by grade 8 students. There are two types of conjunctions applied in thisresearch; external conjunction and internal conjunction. The purposes of thisresearch are to find conjunction types in the correct form, to find conjunction typesin the incorrect form,...

AbstrakComplaint could easily break the social relationship between the speaker (complainer) and the hearer (complainee). In this case, the complainer may express their negative feeling by choosing the right strategy to deliver their negative feeling to the complainee. There are strategies that the complainer could apply from the mildest one to...

ABSTRAKThe distorted images of Arabs often appear in Western artwork and literature. They also appear in the form of popular product, which is Hollywood movies. Larry Charles?s The Dictator (2012) offers a comedy with an Arab as main character in the film. It also becomes interesting to discuss since the issue is wrapped in comedy genre. By...

This research was conducted to describe the psycholinguistic study of verbal and non-verbal language problems faced by the main male character in the movie “Extremely Loud Incredibly Close”, who is likely have an Asperger Syndrome in his childhood life. The objectives of this research are (1) to reveal the verbal language problems faced by...

ABSTRAKThis research was conducted to find out the types of directive speech acts in the film entitled Mary Queen of Scots, the way the speakers apply those types, and the reason of the speakers to utter those types.This research uses Pragmatics approach. It belongs to qualitative descriptive research. The data analysed are all the dialogs...