This research uses descriptive qualitative method which produces data descriptive in the form of conversation from the Life as We Know It movie. In this method, four procedures should be done, as follows: collecting data, classifying data, analysing data, and making the conclusion of the data analysis. This research uses total sampling research....

This  research  was  conducted  to  determine  the  types  of  directive  speech  acts applied by the characters in the movie High School Musical 1 and to explore the politeness strategy used by the characters to employ the directives.This research is based on a Pragmatic approach which...

This thesis is written based on the analysis of the film Crooked Arrows released in 2012 directed by Steve Rash and starred by popular native American actor, Brandon  Routh.  It  is  aimed to explain  how  the  movie  depict  the change of functions of native American Lacrosse sports as well as how the...

The purpose of this research is to describe how the music videos represent theimage of homosexuality in the era of legalization of same-sex marriage releasedbetween 2012-2014. This research is descriptive qualitative. The method isemployed by watching, classifying and analyzing the data collected by selectingthe scenes, objects and lyrics...

ABSTRACTThis research uses Pragmatics approach, focusing on suggestions as the object ofthe analysis. This research applies descriptive qualitative research which takespurposive sampling technique. The data are taken from the dialogues containingsuggestions uttered by both male and female characters. There are 32 data whichare analyzed.This study...

This thesis focuses on theEnglish quality of 30 students in their first year in English Department, UniversitasSebelas Maret, Surakarta especially in their errors and mistakes in narrative writingtest conducted by the researcher. There are six types of error and seven types ofmistakes made by the student due to four factors causing their errors...

The research focused on the use of politeness strategies employed bycharacters in film The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty. It was conducted to find out thetypes of politeness strategies used by the characters in the film The Secret Life OfWalter Mitty, to reveal the factors influencing the use of politeness strategies inthe film The Secret Life of...

This research is based in Sociolinguistic approach, focusing on different speech stylebetween males and females using particular communication strategy (lexical hedge,tag question, apology and interruption) in mixed-gender and non-mixed-genderconversation

ABSTRAKThe research focuses on the code choices employed by the characters in the movie entitled Eat Pray Love. It was conducted to find out the types of codes used by the characters in “Eat Pray Love” movie and to reveal the ways and the reasons in choosing the codes which relate to social meanings. The research was a case study of...

ABSTRACTThe research analyzed flouting of maxims in the Smallville televison series. The analysis was aimed to find the maxims that are commonly flouted and the implicatures resulted by the flouts of the maxim.This is a descriptive qualitative research, using a pragmatics approach. The data in this research are the dialogs containing flouted...