[:en]Viajeng Indraswuri   Abstract This research discusses the use of assertive illocutionary acts uttered by the main characters in My Sister’s Keeper movie script by Nick Cassavetes and Jeremy Leven. It explores how the acts of assertives are conveyed by the main characters in the whole movie script. The purposes of this study are to find the types of assertive acts uttered by the main characters, the intended meanings of...Read More

[:en]Ucik Wulandari   Abstract This reasearch aimed to describe and analyze the dynamics of Padjarakan Sugar Factory in Probolinggo, during 1998-2005. The reasearch used sociological-economic approach and social change theory. PG Padjarakan is one of the sugar factories in Probolinggo Regency. The results showed that after the enactment of Presidential Instruction Number 5 of 1998-2005, the sugar production of Padjarakan Sugar Factory increased. The policy gave freedom to farmers to...Read More

[:en]Ubaidillah   ABSTRACT The traditional utterances are one of the traditional cultures used as the attitude’s orientation. The use of the traditional utterances aims to create a harmonious social relationship. This research uses descriptive qualitative method in which making the description of the traditional utterances’ form, meaning, and function applied by Madurese people in Sukowono District, Jember Region. The results showed that the Madurese traditional utterances are classified into five...Read More

[:en]Tri Wulandari   ABSTRACT   Sign language is used to communicate between the teacher and deaf students in a classroom discourse. The goal of this study is to know how the common people understand the sign language of the deaf students in SLB B Bina Asih Bondowoso. This research will view this term from the psycholinguistic point of view which focuses on sign language as visual communication by observing the...Read More

[:en]Tri Asih Handayani   Abstract This study analyzes Stephenie Meyer’s novel entitled The Host by using Marxist theory which is proposed by Terry Eagleton particularly about the ideology of dominant class as the ruling class which is reflected in literary work. The primary data of this study are any narrative descriptions and dialogues in The Host that are related to the research questions. They are analyzed from the specific cases...Read More