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Pragmatics and Representational Means of English and Indonesian
In pragmatics, both Indonesian and English are seen from how they are used in communication to deal with the speakers’ intentional or unintentional acts and speech at a particular time and place (Korta & Perry, 2020). Indonesian and English have similar pragmatic functions including direct speech act, indirect speech act, performatives, conversational implicatures such as…
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Syntax and Semantic Differences between English and Indonesian
The syntax of Indonesian and English word phrases and sentences is similar in order of statements, determiner, passive and active sentences, as well as prepositions (Felt, 2020; Kamayani & Purwarianti, 2011), but not in questions, plural noun forms, and tenses. Both Indonesian and English sentences have the same order that consists at least of subject,…
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Tujuh Langkah Menyunting Sempurna
Saling Friends, ada setidaknya 7 aspek penting yang perlu diperhatikan saat seorang penyunting (editor) menyunting sebuah naskah. Ketujuh aspek ini berpengaruh besar terhadap kualitas naskah, baik dari bagaimana naskah dipaparkan atau pun kemulusan dari alur penulisan yang akan membuat pembaca betah untuk terus membaca naskah tersebut. Kalau kata Einsohn (2000), penyunting dalam hal ini perlu…
