SEMANTICS ANALYSIS ON SPEECH ACT USED IN BEMO (KUPANG’S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION)

This study presents a semantics analysis on speech act used in bemo (Kupang’s public transportation). The aim of this study are to find out the types and functions of speech act used in bemo. To obtain the data, the writer did observation and took picture to find the speech act used in Kupang’s public transportation. Then the data are analyzed using descriptive qualitative analysis. The result showed that there are three types and six functions of speech act used in bemo. The types of speech act are locutionary act, illocutionary act and perlocutionary act. The example of expression is: santai tapi enak (relax but pleasant). The locutionary act of this expression is used to tell somebody’s feeling in his or her life. The illocutionary act is this expression is used to ask people to enjoy their life. The perlocutionary act of this expression is used to ask people to agree with this expression and enjoy their life too. There are six functions of speech act used in Kupang’s public transportation (bemo), they are representatives, declaratives, commisives, directives, expressives and rogatives functions. One example for the function of speech act used in bemo is nona b cinta lu kuat – kuat (Girl I love you so much). This expression is functioned as a representative speech act because it is used to represent the fact of a man’s feeling to his girlfriend and it is showed the true feeling of a man. Another example is Mantan pacar di larang numpang (Ex girlfriend is prohibited to get into the bemo). The expression is directive because it’s functioned as a warning. The example of commissives is berani komen jantung stop (Dare to comment, heart stop beating). This speech act is used to make a threat against somebody. Based on the result, the writer concluded that there are three types and six functions of speech act used in Bemo (Kupang’s public transportation)

GLOBALIZING LEARNERS’ LOCAL LANGUAGES FROM LOCAL CONTEXTS: AN OVERVIEW OF LANGUAGE PLANNING AT THE ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM OF ARTHA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY KUPANG

In the development of local language studies and current issues beyond, much attention of the literacy weights on the language status. Despite of the implications and effects, less attention rests on languages planning at the education unit. This study presents a comprehensive overview of local language (s) planning on the plane of the developing programs by the English Education Program of Artha Wacana Christian University Kupang, West Timor. The current study utilized participant observation and documentation as of data collection approaches. The use of the approaches permits deeper understanding of the target community. The findings indicates that language planning at this education unit promotes a number of concrete programs, such as building local partnerships, realizing national acts through curriculum development, and accessing global access seek for the revitalization of the local languages. More practically, learners with different backgrounds have a wide range of opportunity and tools to document their local languages. All these practices nurture to learners with awareness, motivation, and confidence that their local languages survivedon their academic and non-academic tasks and roles. Several recommendations and implications lies on the study

Nuove prospettive francesi sul Rinascimento italiano

«L’histoire, en général, s’occupe du passé, scriveva Jacques Thuiller nel 1995. L’histoire littéraire et l’histoire de l’art s’occupent d’objets présents qui ont un passé» e che, potremmo aggiungere, alla storia di quel passato hanno contribuito in modo determinante. Questa è la tesi di fondo di uno studio di Édouard Pommier, Comment l’art devient l’Art dans l’Italie de la Renaissance, uscito contemporaneamente in Francia (Gallimard, 2007) e in Italia, nella versione di Chiara Bongiovanni (L’..

François de Paule Latapie, Éphémérides romaines. 24 mars - 24 octobre 1775

Il nome di François de Paule Latapie è legato a quello prestigioso di Montesquieu. Figlio di un notaio di La Brède, trascorse la sua giovinezza nel castello dove poté godere della frequentazione del grande filosofo e dell’amicizia del figlio, Jean-Baptiste de Secondat. Per tutta la sua vita, lunga e movimentata, Latapie rimase legato alla famiglia di La Brède e fedele alla figura e al pensiero di Montesquieu, di cui copiò accuratamente le Pensées. Fu grazie alle conoscenze della famiglia de S..

Il fantasma della Grecia in Italia

This paper intends to consider the image of Greece and an attempt by a few eighteenth-century travellers to seize it during their journey through Italy. The image of Greece shines not only through ancient statues and architectures, but also through the Italian landscape and the character of some people. The presence of Greece in Italy is quite elusive, but always attractive. Each traveller, depending on their character, culture and origin, tries different strategies to define, catch, or evoke the phantasm of that country so difficult to reach because of the Turkish domination. In this view we shall consider the experience of excellent travellers like Caylus, Winckelmann, Brydone, Riedesel and Vivant Denon.

Abraham Constantin-Stendhal, Idées italiennes sur quelques tableaux célèbres

Chiunque abbia praticato, anche da semplice dilettante, il disegno dal vero sa che lo sguardo, mille volte posato e distolto nello sforzo di interiorizzare e riprodurre, conduce a una conoscenza intima, a una specie di appropriazione dell’oggetto rappresentato. Chi, come Abraham Constantin, ha passato centinaia di ore davanti ai capolavori di Raffaello, impegnato a riprodurli su porcellana, può legittimamente ritenere di conoscere a fondo quelle opere e di essere in grado di spiegarle agli al..

The foreign language textbook : an evaluation proposal

Este artigo, preocupado com a frequente carência de critérios por parte dos professores de língua estrangeira no momento da escolha de seu material didático, apresenta uma proposta de análise de livros didáticos, tendo como base teórica principal os Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais – Língua Estrangeira – 5ª a 8ª séries. Essa proposta, organizada em cinco fichas, compostas de uma série de perguntas norteadoras, foi criada com o intento de tornar os conceitos presentes nos PCN menos abstratos. O trabalho sugere que a proposta de avaliação, aqui apresentada, não deve ser utilizada como receita, mas como objeto de reflexão, no momento da escolha do livro didático, por parte dos profissionais do ensino de língua estrangeira.Foreign language teachers lack criteria when the time comes for them to choose the book to use in their classrooms. Thus, this paper tries to offer these teachers a series of guidelines based on the “National Curriculum Guidelines – Foreign Languages - Grades 5 through 8”. This proposal, divided into five cards composed of several guiding questions, was then created with the intention of making the concepts related to that document less abstract than they are in those Guidelines. The study suggests that foreign language professionals should not use this proposal as a recipe, but as an object for reflection while choosing the materials to be used in their classrooms

The 2006 hot phase of Romano's star (GR 290) in M33

Understanding the nature of the instabilities of LBVs is important to understand the late evolutionary stages of very massive stars. We investigate the long term, S Dor-type variability of the luminous blue variable GR290 (Romano's star) in M33, and its 2006 minimum phase. New spectroscopic and photometric data taken in November and December 2006 were employed in conjunction with already published data on GR290 to derive the physical structure of GR290 in different phases and the time scale of the variability. We find that by the end of 2006, GR 290 had reached the deepest visual minimum so far recorded. Its present spectrum resembles closely that of the Of/WN9 stars, and is the hottest so far recorded in this star (and in any LBV as well), while its visual brightness decreased by about 1.4 mag. This first spectroscopic record of GR290 during a minimum phase confirms that, similarly to AG Car and other LBVs, the star is subject to ample S Dor-type variations, being hotter at minimum, suggesting that the variations take place at constant bolometric luminosity.Comment: 4 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in A&A Letter