Linguistika Kultura: Jurnal Linguistik Sastra Berdimensi Cultural Studies

Female from Marsh: Metaphors, Symbolisms, and Ironies in Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

2025-10-30T03:03:35+00:00

This research aims to determine how Delia Owens constructs meaning in the novel Where the Crawdads Sing through intrinsic elements such as metaphor, symbolism, and irony. Using the New Criticism approach, the analysis is conducted by focusing on the structure of the text, without involving external contexts such as the author's biography or reader responses. The results of the analysis show that Owens consistently uses metaphors from the animal world, such as female praying mantises and female fireflies to represent the power and agency of female creatures in nature. Natural symbolism, including swamps, bird feathers, and waterways, strengthens the structure of meaning and forms interconnected narrative patterns. Irony arises when the power of women that is depicted as dominant in the natural world is considered deviant in human society in the text. These three elements support each other and create organic unity, namely the unity of meaning that is formed structurally in the text. This article shows that through a close reading of formal elements, readers can find social criticism implied in the narrative structure of the novel.

Slips of the Tongue in Donald Trump’s 2025 Inauguration Speech: A Psycholinguistics Analysis

2026-04-15T08:36:30+00:00

Speech errors emerge when linguistic planning at the conceptualization stage fails, resulting in unintended distortions of sound, form, or meaning. The objectives of this research are to identify the types of slips of the tongue, to classify them, and to analyze the factors contributing to their occurrence in the 2025 inauguration speech of Donald Trump. This study employed a descriptive-qualitative methodology, guided by the theoretical frameworks of Fromkin (1973) and Freud (1901). Data collection involved identifying types of the slip in video recordings of Trump’s inauguration speech accessible via the ABC News YouTube channel. This focused with the examination of eight slip types: anticipation, preservation, substitution, blends, additions, deletions, sound exchanges, and morpheme exchanges. The findings reveal that there are six of types of slips of the tongue occurred in Trump’s speech: perseveration (three occurrences), anticipation (two occurrences), substitution (two occurrences), blend (one occurrence), deletion (one occurrence), and addition (five occurrences). Notably, sound exchanges and morpheme exchanges were absent. Addition emerged as the most frequent error type, while blend and deletion were the least frequent. This research significantly advances the understanding of speech errors in high-stakes political communication. It demonstrated that slips of the tongue reflect cognitive load, psychological pressures, and contextual demands inherent to public speaking.

Mimicry in Ahmad Tohari's Short Stories "Paman Klungsu" and "Kuasa Peluitnya": A Postcolonial Analysis by Homi K. Bhaba

2026-06-25T17:14:14+00:00

This study aims to analyze the manifestations of mimicry and ambivalence in Ahmad Tohari's short story Paman Klungsu dan Kuasa Peluitnya (PKKP) through the lens of Homi K. Bhabha's postcolonial theory. The research method employed is descriptive qualitative, focusing on literary discourse as a documentation of colonial traces. The results indicate that the character Paman Klungsu engages in mimicry by adopting attributes of power, such as the "Poltas Swakarsa" vest and a whistle, to gain authority in public spaces. However, these actions create ambivalence; while he feels authoritative, he simultaneously experiences a split identity when confronted with local values represented by the character Yu Binah. The study concludes that the imitation performed by the colonized subject never achieves perfect mimicry of the original, and power often remains attached to physical attributes rather than the subject.

The Gender Related to Vocabulary in English and Batak Toba Language (Contrastive Analysis)

2026-04-15T08:26:24+00:00

This research to identify and classify gender related to vocabulary in English and Batak Toba language and to analyze the differences and similarities in English and Batak Toba language. This research use descriptive qualitatif methods, to analyze data the author uses Trudgil’s theory (1974), and Lado’s theory (1957). This research found gender-related vocabulary in English and Batak Toba consists of masculine, feminine, and neutral vocabulary in the context of occupations, nouns, terms of address, adjectives, pronouns, and animals. This research provide theoretical benefits for the development of linguistics, as well as being a source of information for readers interested in this field. This research provides a new approach in documenting and maintaining local languages. This research can be a reference for further research, especially in the field of ethnolinguistics.

The Consequences of Parental Neglect to A Child: A Psychoanalytical Criticism on Lionel Shriver’s Novel We Need to Talk About Kevin

2026-07-19T10:58:38+00:00

Parent – children relationship plays an important role in a child’s personality. This article elaborates the impacts of parental neglect on a child as reflected in Lionel Shriver’s novel We Need to Talk About Kevin. The research applies psychoanalytic literary criticism, utilizing Sigmund Freud’s theory of human psyche (id, ego, and superego) and Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development. The data are collected by using library research method, taking description, narrative and dialogue in the novel related with parental neglect and its effect as primary data, by focusing on the characters of Eva, the mother, and Kevin, the son. Descriptive analysis method is applied in analyzing the data. The result of analysis shows that Eva’s maternal ambivalence reflects her inner conflict between personal freedom and parental responsibility, while her emotional alienation from Kevin represents her fear of intimacy in forming a secure bond with her own child. Eva’s emotional neglect affects Kevin’s psychosocial development negatively in the first five stages, resulting him to develop a psychological impairment and behavioral problems, marked by destructive and manipulative behavior. Through this novel, readers can learn how parental neglect can deeply affects a child’s growth, underlining the importance of a secure emotional relationship between caregivers and the children.

Transformation of Story Structure and Shifting Values in Western Early Childhood Literature: A Study of The Works of Beatrix Potter and Eric Carle

2026-07-20T04:50:26+00:00

Beatrix Potter and Eric Carle are two of the great children’s literature writers, representing two different periods and two different nations (The United States and England) related by the English language. Using a conventional structuralist point of view, this article explores two basic structures that each of the author uses in their books. It also seeks to show two different sets of values that each author promotes, shedding light on shifts of values that have been shaping the lives of English-speaking people.