Cultural Narratives

“Spill the Tea” as a Metaphor for Privacy Conflict and Truth Construction on Twitter

Nadia Najwa Khairun Nisa, Himatul Jannah, Azka Izzatunnisa — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This research aims to reveal the clash between the public and private spheres in using the slang ‘spill the tea’ on Twitter. The theory used in this research is the theory of metaphor by Roman Jakobson. This research is qualitative in its nature in which the data are used in a various context if issue. The findings in this research show that the use of the slang 'spill the tea' establishes a conflict between the perceived privacy of specifically social media interactions on twitter and the reality of public exposure. This research reveals that the structure of Twitter can make untrue information true without making private information appear in public, or anonymous, spaces. In addition, the findings also emphasize how the metaphorical nature of gossip, embedded in slang, reflects larger social dynamics regarding truth in the context of gossip. The findings of this research indicate that the slang “spill the tea” serves as a metaphorical lens through which the tension between perceived privacy and actual public exposure on Twitter is revealed. This highlights how digital platforms transform social interactions by allowing users to engage in gossip under the illusion of anonymity, while the platform’s viral nature can rapidly shift private information into the public domain. Ultimately, the study concludes that language, particularly metaphor embedded in slang, plays a critical role in shaping narratives and social dynamics around truth and privacy in online spaces.

Pragmatic Diversity in Dialogue: Analyzing Maxim Violations and Communication Strategies in The Batman (2022)

Marisa Anggraini — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This study investigates the pragmatic phenomenon of maxim violations in the 2022 movie The Batman, employing Grice's cooperative principle as the theoretical framework. Understanding how characters intentionally deviate from conversational norms is crucial for appreciating the complexity of human communication, particularly in diverse social contexts where individuality and group dynamics shape dialogue. This research fills a gap in the literature by focusing on a contemporary cinematic text that portrays multifaceted characters from varying social strata, thus contributing to studies on communication diversity, minority-majority interactions, and identity expression through language. This study used descriptive qualitative analysis to interpret the data. Following that, the data were analyzed using the Matching technique and the Pragmatic Identity Method to examine the data refers to the context. There were 15 violations of total in the data. It was found, that the results which violates maxim quality with 5 data, 2 data for violations of maxim quantity, 5 data for maxim of manner violations, and violations of maxim relation with 3 data. Both violations of maxim quantity and manner were violated the most in The Batman movie. The results shows that the film’s portrayal of diverse communicative behaviors and enriches our understanding of how pragmatic competence is exercised in complex social interactions. In short, this research underscores the importance of cooperative principles in everyday communication and their strategic manipulation in storytelling to convey nuanced character traits and social tensions.

The Role of TikTok in Shaping Generation Z’s Slang: Semantic Change and Language Use in Digital Communication

Pinasti Gemintang Gita Nashrudina, Ana Muthi'ah Fajriyah, Tri Isna Dewi — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This study was conducted because of the widespread use of slang among Generation Z children that they use to interact with each other. Slang is a type of informal, non-standard language that is used by certain social groups, particularly teenagers, for internal communication. It is intentionally designed to be unintelligible to those outside the group. Therefore, every community or even every generation has a slang language that is used and understood by their own group. This study aims to examine the slang of Generation Z youth which they use in the TikTok platform based on semantic meaning and context of use. The research approach used is to examine linguistic data in the form of the use of slang by Gen Z youth and interpret it. The source of research data is the result of collecting words from content and comments on the TikTok platform. The results of the study show that the use of slang by Generation Z youth mostly comes from foreign languages, such as ‘slay’, hits different,’ ‘clingy,’ ‘delulu,’ ‘flexing’, that experience shortening, acronyms, reversals, and shifts in semantic meaning based on the context of the words used. Stephen Krashen's theory is also used in this paper to analyze the acquisition of slang used by Generation Z youth. The significance of social media platforms like TikTok as influential sites of language evolution and informal linguistic education, where youth not only consume but actively shape language trends. the study also illustrates how slang serves as a marker of identity, group belonging, and social cohesion among Generation Z, reflecting broader cultural shifts in emotional expression, social relationships, and communication styles

Analyzing Figurative Language as a Reflection of Social and Emotional Loneliness in Sara Teasdale’s Selected Works

Gayatri Yuridani Firdaus, Adeline Grace M. Litaay — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Loneliness, characterized by feelings of emptiness, isolation, and longing, is a complex emotional experience with significant psychological and social implications. This research discusses the sense of loneliness in Sara Teasdale’s poems: “Alone”, “Ebb Tide”, “Sleepless”, “The Treasure”, “Compensation”, and “Deep in the Night”. The aims of this research are to explain types of figurative languages used in the six poems of Sara Teasdale, and to describe types of loneliness in those poems. This study addresses this gap by focusing exclusively on loneliness as the central theme and applying a dual-lens analysis of figurative language and loneliness theory to Sara Teasdale’s poetry. This resarch applies intrinsic and extrinsic approaches. It employs a descriptive qualitative method. The source of data in this research is the six poems of Sara Teasdale: “Alone”, “Ebb Tide”, “Sleepless”, “The Treasure”, “Compensation”, and “Deep in the Night”. It is found in the result of the analysis that there are 6 types of figurative languages in 6 poems, those are: metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, metonymy, paradox, symbolism, and anaphora. These devices not only enrich the aesthetic quality of the poems but also intensify the emotional portrayal of loneliness. It is also found that Sara Teasdale suffers from both social and emotional loneliness which is revealed through the figurative language analysis and theory of loneliness from Robert S. Weiss. This research contributes to literary studies by linking the use of figurative language with psychological theories of loneliness, exploring human experiences that are often difficult to articulate directly.

Symbolic Representations of Social Criticism in Us (2019)

Bagus Putra Para Yudha — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The evolution of media, particularly electronic and audio-visual media such as film, has provided an effective platform for conveying social criticism implicitly through symbolic elements. This research attempts to examine the social criticism signs in the Us (2019) film, by using Roland Barthes's semiotics theory and the concept of social criticism by David Harvey as the theoretical framework. The research method that used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The writer found there were four objects which become social criticism signs that the writer gets based on several objects that were attached to the Tethered throughout this film. The four objects are scissors, bunker, rabbit and the red color. In the analysis, the connotative signs of the four objects have an important role for understanding what forms of social criticism that experienced by the Tethered in this film. Scissors which have a connotative sign "get a freedom", is a symbol of social criticism regarding social oppression. Bunker which has a connotative sign "significant gap between upper-class and lower-class", is a symbol of social criticism regarding social and economic inequality. Rabbit which has a connotative sign "undervalued", is a symbol of social criticism regarding social discrimination. Red color which has a connotative sign "resistance", is a symbol of social criticism regarding resistance to social injustice. Based on the explanation, it can be concluded that these four signs have an important role to understand the social criticism that related to capitalism ideology in this film. This research contributes to the understanding of how films can serve as potent vehicles for social criticism by decoding implicit signs that symbolize complex socio-economic issues.