The naturalness of formulaic language is a key variable in the acceptability of multilingual academic writing. Such naturalness is best reflected by lexical collocations between linguistic units. However, no well-established framework has systematically studied collocational acceptability in multilingual academic contexts. This study fills the gap by proposing a triangulated model to assess academic lexical collocations produced by Indonesian authors in English Language Teaching (ELT) research publications.The model integrates three components: corpus data, statistical metrics, and cross-group speaker judgments based on Kachru's (1985) three circles of English.Findings show that many recurrent collocations, such as specific Adverb-Verb and Verb-Noun structures, are semantically transparent and moderately acceptable, even when they diverge from prototypical native-speaker norms. By applying a decision logic of MI Score > 3.0, a negative T-score, and I-CVI > 0.78, the proposed model contributes to research on corpus linguistics in education by linking phraseology competence and multilingual academic communication.
The expanding use of the word halal in Indonesian has become a prominent phenomenon. Despite this development, empirical diachronic studies that systematically examine the evolution of the word halal in Indonesian public discourse remain limited. This study addresses two research questions: (1) How has the use of the word halal evolved in Republika.co.id from 2010 to 2022? Moreover, (2) What topics were discussed in relation to the use of the word halal during this period? Adopting a corpus-based approach, this study utilises the corpus analysis tool Sketch Engine to examine a corpus of 1,132 news articles on halal published by Republika.co.id between 2010 and 2022. The findings indicate that the use of the word halal increased markedly, particularly during the final four years (2019–2022). This surge coincided with several key policy initiatives introduced by the Indonesian government, including the implementation of mandatory halal certification, the establishment of halal industrial zones, and the promotion of a broader halal ecosystem. Collocation analysis further reveals a notable expansion in the discourse’s thematic scope. While early coverage primarily focused on halal products, discussions gradually shifted toward broader themes related to the halal industry and halal economy. Overall, this study provides an empirical account of the diachronic transformation in the use of the word halal in mass media and demonstrates a correlation between government policy agendas and the dynamics of public discourse.
Translating cultural reference means translating Indonesian culture. As a translator for children’s literature, a proper English translation has to be enjoyable, natural, and acceptable both culturally and linguistically. The Agency for Language Development and Cultivation solves the problem of cultural references by applying translation techniques. This research aims at finding out the cultural references translation in “An Anthology of Indonesian Children’s Stories”. This research is qualitative in nature. Not only are there eight translation techniques found, but there are also six cultural references to highlight, namely Ecology, Public life, Social life, Personal life, Customs and Pursuits, Private passions. The research provides another perspective of how to deal with cultural item references in translating Indonesian short stories into English. In An Anthology of Indonesian Children’s Stories’ case, the translators act as a bridge connecting cultural gap between Indonesian and English. Hence, the translation of Indonesian context in English translation is fairly readable.
This research looks at the linguistic obstacles encountered by non-native speakers while learning Indonesian, with a focus on syntax and morphology. Despite its wealth of cultural assets, Indonesian students frequently have difficulty with sentence structures that adhere to the Subject-Predicate-Object (SPO) paradigm and with the usage of intricate affixes. Twenty-two foreign students studying Indonesian at the intermediate level participated in this descriptive quantitative research. A questionnaire used to find morphological and syntactic issues provided the data. According to the results, 77.2% of respondents had trouble using prefixes, while 81.8% had trouble comprehending simple sentence patterns. Additionally, learners frequently had trouble telling verbs apart from nouns, which led to numerous mistakes in word usage. These findings imply that there should be more contextual and communicative teaching strategies backed by suitable educational resources and technology.
Public discourse on social media has given rise to various narratives that often spark debate and influence public perceptions of information. This study aims to examine pragmatic patterns and discursive constructions in social media narratives related to disaster events, with a focus on how users construct, challenge, and reframe authority. This study employs an interpretive qualitative approach using Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), which encompasses text analysis, discursive practices, and social practices. Data in the form of Instagram posts were analyzed step-by-step through the identification of linguistic elements, patterns of discourse production and distribution, and their connection to the broader social context. A pragmatic approach was used to identify speech acts, implicatures, and attitude constructions in digital discourse. The research findings indicate that disaster discourse is constructed through evaluative lexical strategies, irony, metaphors, and visual reinforcement that represent ecological crises and social inequalities. Audience responses exhibit dominant patterns of blaming, resisting, and reframing, which consistently appear in comments, likes, and content shares. These findings confirm that social media functions as a discursive arena that not only represents the reality of disasters but also shapes collective criticism of policies, power, and environmental management.
