ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | July 29, 2019
Relative Clause of Indonesian and Java Language
Rosmita Ambarita, Mulyadi
Page no 85-89 |
10.21276/sijll.2019.2.5.1
This paper aims to highlight several points on the topic of relative clause of Indonesian and Java Language. The method
used on this study is descriptive analysis. The focuses are on finding on several outcomes from previous papers on how
these two languages share the similarity and differences as well as how the two languages differ from English. This found
Indonesian relative clause of Bahasa Indonesia known as yang is typical and different from the structured English
counterparts. In the meantime, there is a tendency that Javanese always uses construction passive to relativize noun
phrases or nouns in complex sentences.
REVIEW ARTICLE | July 30, 2019
The Dialogue of Madness and Civilization: a Study on the Reasons for Antoinette’s Madness in Wide Sargasso Sea
Guo Lei, Xiaomeng Xu
Page no 90-96 |
10.21276/sijll.2019.2.5.2
It is believed that Michel Foucault‟s Madness and Civilization explores the history of madness and the relationship
between reason and unreason. In his book, the unreason or madness can‟t be defined clearly. He thinks people have
different cognitions and attitudes to madness in different periods of civilization. The relationship between reason and
unreason changes over time. They are not opposed at the beginning instead they impact each other in life and work. In
English novels, there are many descriptions of madwomen. Jean Rhys‟ Wide Sargasso Sea is the prelude of Charlotte
Bronte‟s Jean Eyre. “The mad woman in the attic” in Jane Eyre is Antoinette in Wide Sargasso Sea. There are many
reasons for the madness of Antoinette. What caused her madness can be interpreted well with Foucault‟s madness theory.
This paper tries to prove that Antoinette‟s madness is the tragedy of racialism and colonialism and give suggestions to the
construction of unreason in the human civilization.
REVIEW ARTICLE | July 30, 2019
Critical Metaphor Analysis of Chinese Government Work Report (2018)
Qiushuang Zhang, Lihong Wang, Qianni Liu
Page no 97-103 |
10.21276/sijll.2019.2.5.3
Metaphor, as a common linguistic phenomenon, has been the focus for most linguists. In recent decades, as metaphor
highly concentrated on the political discourse development, more and more linguists have begun to emphasize on
metaphorical use in politics. However, scholars pay less attention to Chinese political discourse metaphors. Critical
metaphor analysis is a new metaphor research method proposed by Charteris-Black in 2004 with the intention to reveal
the hidden ideology, attitude and beliefs concealed in discourses. The paper attempts to conduct Critical Metaphor
Analysis approach to the analysis of Chinese Government Work Report. With collecting the data of Chinese Government
Work Report in 2018 from official website, the paper aims to analyze its potential metaphorical functions and reveal the
hidden ideology of the Chinese government work report. Meanwhile, the present paper is supposed to provide a new
perspective to the theoretical research in the area of CMA. Besides, it is expected that the research will help government
promote its political ideology and help the populace understand better the policies of our government.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | July 30, 2019
Using English to Write Enchanting Research Papers
Acheoah John Emike, Olaleye Joel Iyiola, Aminu Garba Dandiga
Page no 104-112 |
10.21276/sijll.2019.2.5.4
This study examines the instrumentality of English in writing good research papers. Writing is an interesting intellectual
process. Research papers cover a wide range of topics. Poor mastery of English in English-speaking non-native regions is
evident in research papers, and this is unacceptable. The study hinges on an integrative theoretical underpinning which
explores insights from contemporary English grammar and principles of writing. Data are generated from research papers
across academic disciplines. They are analyzed in terms of the conventions of English (grammar and vocabulary) and
principles of writing that the writers have either articulated or violated. This study concludes that effective use of English
in research papers presupposes use of correct spellings, appropriate vocabulary, grammatical constructions, progressive
paragraphs, accurate transitional expressions, creative description of phenomena and proposition-reporting verbs.
REVIEW ARTICLE | July 30, 2019
A Review Research on American Minorities Language Policy Based On Knowledge Base
Xiaqing Li
Page no 113-118 |
10.21276/sijll.2019.2.5.5
With the acceleration of globalization and the increasingly complex international situation, language is not only a written
symbol, but also a social and cultural function to mark countries and nations. Great changes have taken place in people's
view of language. Some linguists are no longer confined to the study of micro-linguistic phenomena such as
pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar, but focus more on macro-linguistic phenomena closely related to national
interests and national security. Especially with the development of modern informationization in recent years, language
policy has also become an important topic of concern to linguists. This paper discusses the research of American
minority language policy based on knowledge base from the research background, research purposes, research ideas,
research methods, innovations, and theoretical and practical significance.
REVIEW ARTICLE | July 30, 2019
The Present Situation of the Ontological Study of Visual Verbs in English and Chinese
Xiaqing Li
Page no 119-125 |
10.21276/sijll.2019.2.5.6
The ontological study of visual verbs mainly focuses on the meaning and grammar of visual verbs, while the grammar
study focuses on the grammar of patterns, syntactic functions, grammaticalization, pragmatics and collocation. The
cognitive research of visual verbs mainly includes categorization, life meaning, and metaphor and so on. The semantic
research of visual verbs mainly includes polysemy and its meaning evolution, word-formation semantics, lexical
semantics, syntactic semantics, and semantic field.