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Gender dan Budaya: Citra Perempuan pada Cerpen “Perempuan Itu Pernah Cantik” karya Mashdar Zainal

2026-03-31T14:05:01+07:00

In married life, women often experience a significant transition that can leave them in shock. This study aims to describe the portrayal of women in the household in the short story "Perempuan Itu Pernah Cantik " by Mashdar Zainal and to examine the cultural elements that influence this portrayal. The analysis of women's images and cultural aspects is conducted using critical discourse analysis by Sara Mills and Ruth Wodak. The research employs a qualitative method. The findings reveal that the portrayal of women and cultural elements in "Perempuan Itu Pernah Cantik " remains highly relevant to contemporary women's lives and contributes to many household disputes. According to Sara Mills' perspective, the portrayal of women in the short story is categorized into six images: women associated with beauty; women who seek validation and praise; women who prioritize emotions; women who are dependent on men; women with maternal instincts; and women who compare their single life with their married life. Furthermore, according to Ruth Wodak, the cultural elements shaping the image of women in the short story fall into three categories: the culture of women as managers of domestic affairs, the culture of women as gentle, and the culture that considers child-rearing a woman's duty.

Kajian Etno-Semantik: Leksem Pengobatan dalam Budaya Osing Banyuwangi

2026-03-31T14:05:01+07:00

This study examines the semantic structure and cultural conceptualization of traditional medicinal lexicon in the Osing community of Banyuwangi. The research addresses two main questions: (1) how the componential structure distinguishes each medicinal lexeme, and (2) how cultural conceptualization is represented through these lexemes. Using a qualitative approach with an ethno-semantic method, data were collected through observation and in-depth interviews with native speakers. The analysis integrates lexical meaning, componential analysis, and cultural interpretation. The findings reveal that the Osing medicinal lexicon is organized into four primary subdomains: herbal remedies, physical treatment methods, ritual objects and media, and supernatural healing practices. Each subdomain demonstrates distinctive semantic components that reflect different modes of intervention, ranging from direct bodily manipulation to symbolic and spatial protection. Beyond lexical classification, the study shows that the Osing conceptualizes illness as a relational phenomenon involving the body, space, and non-physical entities. The body is understood as an open and manipulable space, while illness may originate from both physical and metaphysical sources. Consequently, healing practices integrate physical and ritual actions within a unified cultural system. These findings highlight that the medicinal lexicon not only encodes linguistic meaning but also represents a complex cultural model of health, emphasizing the role of ethno-semantics in uncovering local knowledge systems.

Kombinasi Afiks {di-} dan {-kan} sebagai Afiks Derivasional dalam Bahasa Indonesia

2026-03-31T14:05:02+07:00

This research aims to describe the morphological process of adding the derivational combination affix {di-} and {-kan} in Indonesian. This qualitative type of research uses data in the form of sentences containing words with the combination affix {di-} and {-kan}. The data sources are the Tempo Magazine (26 August 2024 edition) entitled Jungkir Balik Balik Raja Jawa, Jurnal Ranah volume 12 number 1 in 2023, textbook Sejarah Kelas 12 SMA Kurikulum Merdeka in 2022, and essay collection Nggragas! by Triyanto Triwikromo in 2021. The method for providing data uses the observation method with note-taking techniques, then analyzed sequentially by using the distributional method, immediate constituent, deletion, and expansion techniques. The results of this research are that all the data shows that the combination affix {di-} and {-kan} changes the word class into a verb form. The changes that occur are not only changes in word classes and their meanings but some only experience changes in meaning. Changes in word class and meaning occur in changes from noun to verb (N → V), adjective to verb (Adj → V), adverb to verb (Adv → V), numerals to verb (Num → V), conjunction to verb (Conj → V). Changes in meaning occur when active verbs become intensive passive verb, and active verbs become causative passive verb.

Pragmatic Functions of Questions in the Movie “A Man Called Otto”

2026-03-31T14:05:02+07:00

Questions serve a range of functions that go far beyond just seeking or requesting information. These different functions of questions depend on the context of the conversation. This study attempts to examine the various pragmatic functions of questions in the movie A Man Called Otto. The data were all the interrogative sentences in the movie. The data were analyzed using the framework proposed by Fareh and Moussa (2008), which identifies 35 distinct pragmatic functions of interrogative sentences. The findings of this study indicate that a total of 241 questions were identified, which consist of 132 (55%) yes/no questions and 109 (45%) WH questions. These questions were used to serve 21 pragmatic functions. Seeking/requesting information and seeking confirmation are the most frequent functions, making up 22.8% and 17.4% of the whole data, respectively. The analysis further shows that the identification of functions relies heavily on the context in which they are used. These findings contribute to linguistics studies by highlighting the diverse functions of questions. Pedagogically speaking, these findings should be taken into account by educators to enhance language learners’ communicative competence.