Journal of Language Research and Practice

An analysis of symbols regarding women’s roles in Rupi Kaur’s Milk and Honey, “the hurting” section

Thanaporn Yimphet — 2024-12-29

The objective of this study was to analyze symbols regarding women’s roles that appeared in Rupi Kaur’s poem Milk and Honey, “the hurting” section. This study applied Timpane and Watt’s theory (2001) for the analysis of symbols based on Abrams’ (1999) concept of symbols consisting of both conventional symbols and private symbols. Moreover, the researcher employed a conceptual framework for the analysis of women’s roles for eight roles. The data were analyzed, presented, and tabulated. The result found that there were 12 conventional symbols and 8 private symbols. It was presumed that Rupi Kaur frequently used conventional symbols to express ideas that were uncomplicated to understand to make readers comprehend a deep significance. Symbols regarding women’s roles were shown in Rupi Kaur’s poem Milk and Honey, “the hurting” section as follows: role of women as a mother (S1), role of women as a daughter (S2), role of women as a generous person (S3), role of women as an empowered person (S5), role of women as victims of discrimination (S6), role of women as a person of subservience to men (S7), and role of women as victims of sexual harassment (S8). Nevertheless, role of women as a provider of unconditional love (S4) was seldom seen in this section. These findings revealed women’s significant roles in the contemporary period, including daughters, mothers, and victims of discrimination. Furthermore, Kaur’ s poetry also portrayed that the issues of unfairness and discrimination against women persisted in the 21^st century.

“Bully” in Thai context: A Semantic Componential Analysis

Natthakieat Noknoi — 2024-12-29

The aim of the present paper is to investigate the semantic components of the word “bully” as an English loanword in Thai. The data is collected from the contextually situated text: news on the most visited news & media website in Thailand, sanook.com/news. The findings have shown that semantic components of the word “bully” in Thai news are composed based off two criteria: subject matters and contexts other than subject matter. The word “bully” in Thai news still retains the two main ideas of bullying: imbalance of power and consistency of bullying behavior. However, the subject matter composed as the essential senses of the word “bully” is a far cry from how the word “bully” is referred to an act of bullying in the western world. There are some localized semantic components of the word “bully” in Thai news, used to fit the mainstream norms in the Thai society.

Genre Analysis of News Reports: Variations Across Global Context

Sirisuda Thongchalerm — 2024-12-29

This study investigates variations of the English language used in news reports based on Kachru's classification of World Englishes, i.e. Inner Circle, Outer Circle, and Expanding Circle (Kachru, 1985, 1996). This study compared the language used in news reports from different agencies to investigate the varieties of Englishes in terms of occurrences of moves and the use of language features. The data consisted of 90 news reports on ten topics by various news agencies worldwide. The findings reveal the variations of rhetorical conventions and the linguistic features of the news reports found across the Inner Circle, Outer Circle, and Expanding Circle countries.