ARTICLE REVIEWS !!

ARTICLE REVIEWS

By Nabila Firda Asy'ari

1.      Review : Theories of Semantics : Merits and Limitation

a.      Demograph

Title                 : Theories of Semantics : Merits and Limitation

Authors            : Saleh Mustafa Ramadan (Al-Zayootah Private University of Jordan)

  and Taleb I. Ababneh (Irbid National University-Jordan)

Pages               : 9 Pages

            This journal tells about the main assumptions, merits, and limitation of three main theories of meaning. They are : referential theory of meaning, the non-referential theory of meaning, and generative grammarian theory meaning. The strengthness of this journal are :

Ø  It uses many theories and definitions from experts.

Ø  It writing systematic is neat and easy to read.

Ø  In each sub-topics, it gives us clear examples.

The weakness of this journal is :

Ø  There are some text that out of the line (nggak beraturan) and makes us hard to read that passages.

2.      Review : Frame Semantics A Brief Introduction

a.      Demograph

Title     : Frame Semantics A Brief Introduction

Author : Diego Gavagna (Aarhus University)

Page    : 14 Pages

This journal tells about the frame of semantics. It is a research program in empirical semantics that analyses words’ meanings “emphasizing the continuities, rather than the discontinuities, between language and experience”. This journal give us new knowledge about what actually frame semantics is, why does it develop, etc. The strengthness of this journal are :

Ø  It focuses on frame semantics only. So we can focus to learn it too.

Ø  It uses theories from some experts, for example Charles J. Filmore.

Ø  It has  pictures and table so that the readers wouldnot get boring.

The weakness of this journal is :

Ø  It uses some unfamiliar vocabs (for me) and it need sometime to understand it (in my opinion)

3.      Review : Modern Linguistics Semantics

a.      Demograph

Title     : Modern Linguistics Semantics

Author : Kate Kearns (Senior Lecturer of Department of Linguistics in University of

  Canterbury, New Zealand)

            Uploaded by    : Pooja Saikia in Academia.edu

            This journal tells us about the kinds of meaning. Theya are denotation and sense, and also lexical and structural meaning. We are invited to know the relation between denotation and sense. For instance, a word cow, have sense some one pointing out to the cow and says “That’s a cow!”. And for the lexical and structural meaning, we need to understand that some words that form a sentence, by replacing each words to other position we can have new meaning/idea. The strenghtness of this journal are :

Ø  It gives examples related to the topic.

Ø  The vocabullaries that this journal use are familiar.

Ø  It also has review of what we have learnt.

The weakness of this journal is :

Ø  Somehow, there are some theories/topics that can make readers confused.

4.      Review : Semantics

a.      Demograph

Title                 : Semantics

Uploaded by    : Abdullah Cglyn at Academia.edu

Page                : 14 Pages

This journal tells about what semantics is, and it gives some theories related to semantics such as truth-conditional semantics, tautologies, contradictions, synthetic sentences, entailment, ambiguity, sense, synonymy, metonymy, etc. Eventhough it is just 14 pages, it gives clear and brief information for all sub-topics. Plus, it gives examples, too. The strenghtness of this journal are :

Ø  It looks like a paper which our teacher’s gave to us. It has brief explanation but clear.

Ø  It has examples related to each topics

Ø  It is quite complete even it just a paper

Ø  Each sub-topics use Bold font

The weakness of this journal are :

Ø  It’s writing systematical is not really neat. For me, when I read this journal I cannot enjoy it.

Ø  Vocabullaries that use in this journal is unfamiliar for (almost all of that)

Ø  It would be nice if the passages is on a justify mode.

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Let Me Tell You ! : Polysemy

Click here ! for the thesis pdf.

1.   Definition of Polysemy

Polysemy stands from POLY = MANY and SEMY = SIGN. Polysemy refers to the coexistence of many possible meanings for a word or phrase. It has different but related meaning. Word becomes polysemous if it can be used to express different meanings. The difference between these meanings can be obvious or subtle. It is sometimes difficult to determine whether a word is polysemous or not because the relations between words can be vague and unclear. But, examining the origins of the words can help to decide whether a word is polysemic or homonymous. Note that polysemy is different from homonymy; two words are homonyms if they look / sound the same, but have completely unrelated meanings.  On the other hand, polysemy refers to the different meanings that a single word has but it still have relation.

2.  The Differences Between Polysemy and Homonymy

3.  Examples of Polysemy

a.    In English

ü  head = kepala (bagian tubuh) – kepala (pimpinan)

ü  water = air – menyiram

ü  wood = kayu – hutan

ü  milk = susu – memerah susu

b.   In Bahasa

ü  Jatuh, in examples :

1. Toni jatuh dari motor.

2. Harga cengkeh jatuh pada tahun ini.

3. Setelah tiba di rumah, ia jatuh sakit.

4. Nilainya jatuh sehingga harus mengulang lagi di kelas XI.

ü  Kepala, in examples :

        1.    Kepala = bagian tubuh paling atas

        2.   Kepala kereta api = lokomotif

        3.   Kepala stasiun = pimpinan stasiun

ü  Buah, in examples :

        1.    Buah apel merupakan oleh oleh khas kota malang

: kata buah bermakna buah buahan

       2.   Ayana memiliki buah hati yang bernama Yuki

: kata buah bermakna anak

       3.   Nadzar membawa buah tangan dari kota Madura

: kata buah bermakna oleh-oleh

ü  Darah, in examples :

        1.    Saya masih punya hubungan darah dengan keluarga Bu Rani. 

            (darah = kesaudaraan)

        2.   Tubuhnya berlumuran darah setelah kepalanya terbentur tiang listrik.

            (darah = yang berada dalam tubuh)

REFERENCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysemy

http://referensibahasainggrislengkap.blogspot.co.id/2014/07/polysemy.html

http://www.guruberbahasa.com/2016/03/contoh-polisemi-dan-kalimatnya-lengkap.html

http://pediaa.com/difference-between-polysemy-and-homonymy/

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Short Story : Recount Text

Unforgettable Day

     It was a nice afternoon on July as usual. I was sitting on terrace, starring around. My mother fed the chickens as usual on the septic-tank. At that time, my mom was pregnant. Everything looked fine until something ruined that fine day.

     When my mother fed the chickens, the septic-tank collapsed all of a sudden. Spontaneously, my mother shouted for help and I heard that sound. After that, I ran toward the sound and discovered that my mom sunk into the septic-tank. Then, I looked for a help. I went to my neighbour's house and asked them to helo my mom. Soon, they helped my mom and when my kom rescued, they cleaned her. At night, my mom and dad went to hospital to checked her pregnancy. Fortunately, the fetus was okay.

     Since that day, my family never fed the chickens on the septic-tank. We never forget that day. That was an unforgettable day in our life.

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REVIEW : SEMANTICS AND THEORIES OF SEMANTICS

           “Semantics and Theories of Semantics” is a journal that is compiled by Abbas Bukhari. This journal is uploaded by Zain Ez+1 at academia.edu. There is 15 pages in this journal that talks about semantics, one of the branches of pure linguistics that is studying meaning in language.

            This journal tells us the difficulties in the study of meaning. There are grammatical meaning and lexical meaning that we need to know. Not only that, we can know other aspects of meaning of a word by read this journal. It helps us to know more about terms that is in semantics. For example hyponymy, synonymy, antonymy, polysemy, homonymy, and collocation.

            The strengthness of this journal are :

1.      There is colour that differentiates the sub topic’s title or some important word and the content of the topic. Also, they give bold at words or sentences that is important (key word).

2.      Words that is used in this journal is quite easy to understand. So, readers from overseas may understand it.

3.      It gives us examples for each sub topics. So, we can understand more.

4.      The content is good for the beginner.

Beside that, there is also some weakness in this journal, they are :

1.      The systematic of writing this journal is not really good, like there is no paragraph line. It makes readers get bored easily.

2.      There is a watermark on it that makes readers do not enjoy when read it.

3.      In page 14 until 15, there are theories that I still confused.

Every book or journal usually have the strengethness and also weakness on it. So that, we need to read other references to gain our knowledge.

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Kinds of Text : Report Text and Discussion Text

Report Text

Kemojo Cake

          Kemojo cake is one of typical foods in Riau especially in Pekanbaru. It becomes a favorite cake for tourists who come to Pekanbaru. Kemojo cake is made of flour, sugar, eggs, coconut milk, margarine, salt, and juice of suji leaves. Usually, it is always served when there is a celebration like weddings, circumcision ceremony, and aqiqah ceremony in Malay tradition. Also, it is ideal to serve it as a breakfasting menu with a glass of hot tea.

          Kemojo cake is usually shaped like flower. So that, it called as Kemojo or Kamboja, name of a flower in Indonesia. It has brownish green color because the roasting process and the using of juice of suji leaves. It has a unique flavor because it uses coconut milk in it as a solvent.

          Nowadays, it is really easy to find Kemojo cake if you are lazy to make it by yourself. Also, there are many flavors that is made by the sellers. Cheese flavor, chocolate flavor, pandan flavor, and the most popular between them is durian flavor. It will make customers not feel bored with the existing flavor. Then, price of the cake is not really expensive.

Discussion Text

The Use of Banners and Posters As Campaign Supporting Medias

            Campaign is the way in which the candidates of head of region to gain the sympathy and support from the society. By doing so, they will win the election. When campaigning, all of the candidates of head of region using banners and posters as one of the campaign supporting medias. The banners are usually placed at side of large street and posters that are patched on the walls of the narrow street.

          In one hand, using banners and posters as one of campaign supporting medias is a good step to introduce the candidates of head of region to society. By looking at the banners and posters we can know our candidates like their face, their vision and mission, and their serial number for election. It will help the society to make a choice because they become more familiar with the candidates especially for the beginner voters.

In the other hand, the use of banners and posters as one of campaign supporting medias makes our environment look disorganized and dirty. Installation of banners and posters which is untidy and random make it looks unsightly. In fact in Pekanbaru, all of the candidates use banners and posters but the installation of the banners is just using small wood to buffer it. Unfortunately, when rain comes, it will fall apart.

So, using banners and posters as one of the campaign supporting medias is good. It gives some advantages for us. But, usually the installation of banners and posters is random and make environment looks dirty. It will be nice if the installation is nice and not excessive.

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Let Me Be You Ep 2

           “Sial ! Kok bisa-bisanya sih telat gini ?!”, kesalku sambil berlari menuju sekolah yang tak jauh dari kos ku. Aku Lisa, gadis biasa dari kelas 11 IPA 5 SMA Cemara Bandung. Nggak biasanya aku telat datang ke sekolah. Walau hanya berjalan kaki tapi aku nggak pernah sekalipun telat datang. Hmmmm… ini pasti gara-gara tadi malam. Susu itu pasti penyebabnya. “Emang itu susu apaan sih ? Obat tidur kali ya ?”, aku masih saja kesal dengannya.

            Untung saja gerbang sekolah belum terkunci, kalau terkunci bisa gawat. Predikat siswi yang nggak pernah telat yang ku sandang bisa-bisa melayang begitu saja. Secepat kilat ku langkahkan kaki yang tak seindah dan sejejenjang kaki model Victoria secret ini. Aku telat, Geng ! Seperti dikejar harimau aku berlari menuju kelasku. 11 IPA 5. Semua orang melihat ku dengan tatapan yang menurutku aneh. Ya iyalah, siapa yang nggak kaget mengetahui bahwa aku telat masuk ke kelas. “Semoga Miss Emma belum masuk kelas”, harap ku.

            Tok ! Tok ! Tok ! Tok ! Dengan nafas yang masih terengah-engah aku memberanikan diri mengetuk pintu kelas yang ternyata mereka sudah mulai berdo’a agar pelajaran berjalan lancar. “Mampus aku !”, gumamku dalam hati. Seketika semua mata tertuju pada ku yang memaku malu di depan pintu. “Lisa ?!”, sahut mereka tampak kaget. Miss Emma mempersilahkanku masuk dan mengikuti pelajaran. “Lisa !”, panggil Miss Emma tegas. Aku terkejut. Terbayangku akan predikat yang susah payah ku dapatkan akan sirna. Aku mencoba memberi respon, ya pasti dengan air muka yang penuh malu. “Kamu kok beda ya hari ini ? Semalam ke salon mana ? Bagi-bagi atuh infonya?”, tanya Miss Emma sumringah. “Ha?”, kagetku. Padahal tadi malam aku nggak ngapa-ngapain deh, pakai bedak aja tadi nggak sempet malah dibilang pergi ke salon. Suasana kelas menjadi heboh karena ucapan Miss Emma.

            “Lis…”, sapa Tita teman sebangku ku. “Liat deh”, ujarnya sambil menyodorkan cermin kecil berbingkai dengan warna serenity miliknya. Keherananku bertambah karena tingkah cewek di sebelahku ini. “Waaaaa!!!”, teriakku yang tak percaya dengan yang ku lihat dicermin milik Tita. “Ini aku ?”, gumamku sambil memegang wajah yang terlihat berbeda ini. Padahal tadi aku nggak pakai bedak apalagi make up, kok bisa jadi gini ? “Mungkin cerminnya yang salah nih”, pikirku. Semua penghuni kelas yang menonton reaksi ku sama herannya dengan ku. “Sudah-sudah, nanti itu dibahas. Kita lanjutkan pelajaran dulu”, ujar Miss Emma mencoba menenangkan suasana yang sudah seperti pasar ikan.

            “Dingdongdeng… dingdongdeng…”, telepon genggam milik Miss Emma berdering  memecah keheningan kelas yang tadinya riuh. Dengan sigap ia menjawab telpon. Tak berapa lama setelah ia menutup telponnya, ia menyudahi pertemuan kali ini dengan kami dengan mengucap salam. Bukan. Anaknya tidak minta jemput sekolah, kok. Melainkan urusan akreditasi yang membuat satu sekolah jadi sibuk yang menjadi dalangnya. Guru-guru jadi sering menutup kelas lebih cepat dibandingkan biasanya. Namanya juga murid, kami sangat senang jika saat seperti itu datang. Apalagi kalau itu berakibat nggak jadi ulangan. Senangnya jadi double.

            “Eh jelek”, sahut seseorang dari belakang. Suara yang ku kenal. Siapa lagi kalau bukan Sarah. Hanya dia yang memanggilku dengan sebutan seperti itu. “Sejak kapan lu pinter pakai make up?”, ujarnya ketus. Ingin sekali rasanya aku merobek mulutnya yang tipis itu. Ia selalu menindas anak-anak biasa sepertiku di sekolah. Dengan percaya diri aku menjawab pertanyaan yang sebenarnya tak penting itu. “Kenapa ? Takut kalah saing ?”, jawabku. Tampak air muka Sarah berubah. Raut wajah yang tadinya terlihat meremehkan ku berubah. Bibirnya melengkung ke bawah, matanya melotot, dan dahinya berkerut. Terlihat sekali dia terkejut mendengar ucapanku yang tak biasa itu. Ya. Dulu aku cuma bisa diam dan mengabaikan semua ocehan cewek cantik tanpa attitude itu. Langsung saja ia berlalu dari hadapanku menuju kantin sekolah.

            “Apa salahnya aku membela diri. Toh sekarang aku nggak kalah cantiknya dari dia kan ?”, ujarku dalam hati. Kejadian tadi mencuri perhatian teman-temanku yang lain. Banyak diantara mereka berbisik satu sama lain. Ah, lupakan saja yang begitu. Gak penting juga. “Lis…”, Tita menyolek  dan menyadarkan ku dari lamunan. “Ta, gue kasar banget nggak sih tadi ?”, tanyaku pada Tita yang melihatku dengan tatapan yang mengatakan bahwa dia takut padaku. “Udah ah, jangan dibahas yang tadi. Cewek kayak gitu emang bagusnya digituin sekali-kali.”, ungkapnya mengalihkan pembicaraan dan langsung menarik ku untuk menemaninya ke toilet sekolah.

            Selama aku menunggu Tita yang sibuk dengan urusannya di bilik toilet, aku masih berpikir tentang apa yang terjadi padaku hari ini. Sepertinya ada hubungannya dengan susu coklat yang kuminum semalam. Sejujurnya, tadi malam selang beberapa jam setelah meminum susu itu perutku bergejolak. Sakit sekali. Mules-mules nggak jelas. Tapi setelahnya aku merasa mengantuk yang amat sangat. Tak heran kalau aku telat pagi ini. Coba aku minum lagi deh nanti malam, apa bener reaksinya sama dengan yang terjadi semalam. Tapi kalau aku minum lagi, apa bakal ngerubah penampilan lagi ? Duuh, gimana dong ?

            “Oi, mikirin apaan neng ?”, ujar Tita sambil menepuk bahuku. “Serius amat.”, tambahnya. Saking seriusnya aku berpikir sampai-sampai Tita yang ternyata dari tadi menungguku pun tak terlihat. “Eh bentar-bentar gua cuci tangan dulu”, pintaku pada Tita. Tak hanya membasuh telapak tangan ku yang berubah jadi lebih cerah, aku juga membasuh wajahku yang juga menjadi lebih cerah dari sebelumnya. “Unbelievable­ banget ya Allah, kok bisa jadi gini ya ?”, tanyaku sembari memandang wajahku dicermin. “Eh udah belum ?”, sahut Tita dari luar toilet. Aku yang tersadar langsung meninggalkan cermin toilet dan menghampiri Tita yang tampak keheranan.

            Swuuuuut…  

            Sebuah bola basket melayang di atas kepalaku danTita. Hampir saja kepala kami terlepas dari tempatnya. Jantung juga seperti mau copot. “Siapa sih yang main ? Nggak becus banget”, rutukku dalam hati. Suddenly, seorang pria berperawakan bak model berlari kearah ku dan Tita. Ya Ampuuuun. Bisa ditebak dong siapa orangnya. Kak Ken. Lututku langsung lemas mengetahuinya. Oke, aku harus act normally, jangan sampai Tita atau kalau aku naksir kak Ken. “Maaf ya… maaf. Kalian nggak apa-apa kan ?”, ucapnya seakan khawatir kepada kami. “Iya nggak apa-apa kok, Kak.”, balas Tita. “Hek. Seharusnya kan aku yang jawab bukan elu Ta”, kesalku dalam hati. “Okedeh sorry ya.”, ujar pria yang hanya terpaut satu tahun dengan ku itu sambil berlalu mengambil si bola yang terkapar di dekat pagar sekolah.

         “Lis, kita udah boleh pulang hari ini. Soalnya guru pada rapat akreditasi semua.”, kata Tita. Yes ! Emang asik kalau pulang sekolah cepet. Nggak ada yang lebih baik selain nggak jadi ulangan dan pulang sekolah cepet. “Siplah, aku pulang duluan ya, Lis.”, pamit Tita padaku yang langsung menuju parkiran motor  tak jauh dari kelasku. Hmmm, padahal sudah pulang, tapi aku malas langsung pulang ke kos. Disana nggak ada orang, belum pada pulang, sepi. Ku putuskan untuk pergi ke café dekat sekolahku. Disana memang tempat nongkrong anak-anak SMA Cemara kalau pulang sekolah. Menyusuri jalan menuju tempat tujuan. Tiba-tiba……

To be continued...

Ep 1 : Let Me Be You Ep 1

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Byeoli-pedia 03 : Yuk, Kenalan Dengan FKIP Universitas Lancang Kuning !

            Yuhuuuu…

            Assalamu’alaikum wr.wb dear my lovely readers. Today I will give you an information about my campus, Lancang Kuning University especially Faculty of Teachers Training and Education. Hopefully, you can get more information about it from this post. Well, let’s check it out !!

            Lancang Kuning University is one of private university in Pekanbaru, Riau. It located in Jalan Yos Sudarso, Rumbai, Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia. It is established in June 9^th 1982 by Yayasan Raja Ali Haji. There are nine faculties in this university ; they are Faculty of Economy, Faculty of Public Administration, Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Teachers Training and Education, Faculty of Forestry, and Faculty of Law.

            Well, I am going to tell you about one of the faculties in Lancang Kuning University, Faculty of Teachers Training and Education. This faculty is established in August 3^rd 2007 by Mr. Adolf Bastian M.Pd, Mr. Dahler M.Pd, and Mr. Ulul Azmi M. Si. In this faculty, there are three majors. They are Biology department, English department, and the youngest Early Childhood Education department. Now, the accreditation of Biology department is B, for English department is C but it will be B (still on progress), and for Early Childhood Education department is on progress.

           In Teachers Training and Education Faculty, we have many classrooms and they are really comfortable. Each classroom has fans and wifi-hotspot and it is free 24/7. Also, wifi-hotspot in my campus is fast. Not only that, there are many electric sockets. So, we can charge our laptop or smartphone in class. Then, there is a library that has many books. Not only biology books and English books, there also has books related to other subject. Next, there is a parking area. It is quiet wide to park your motorcycles and also your cars.

            Talking about the organization of this faculty, there are some organizations. BEM, DPM, EDSA and HIMABIO are them. Each of them has different activities and programs. But usually, EDSA and HIMABIO have more activities than the other. Few months ago, EDSA held an event called English Camp in Harau, West Sumatera. While, HIMABIO held Green Action in Siak.

             All of lecturers in Teachers Training and Education Faculty are Master (has graduated as Master / S2). Also, all of them have a great experience on education. Seniors in this faculty are humble and kind. We can share everything with them. The best thing in this faculty is the scholarships. For you who have a good academic score, you can get a scholarship. We can use it to pay our tuition fees and also help us to pay other needs related to our campus activities.

            Okay, that’s all about my campus, Teachers Training and Education Faculty in Lancang Kuning Pekanbaru. Hope you can get more information. If you have a question about this faculty just write down on the comment box below. Well, that’s all Byeoli-pedia corner today. Thank you for visiting and have a nice day !!!

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