This article discusses statements of revolt as an expression of disgust, rebel, contempt, made by commoner women towards social situations in Balinese culture presented in the novel Tarian Bumi. The novel has a Balinese culture as the setting. It discovers the struggle of commoner women, the women from the lowest caste in Balinese culture. The method of this research is a descriptive-comparative method where the statements of revolt in the source language text are compared to their equivalents in the target language text to find out what adjustments involved. How these statements of revolt are translated into English are observed by using techniques of adjustments by Nida (1964); addition, subtraction, and alteration. The analysis and discussion leads to the objectives of this research: to reveal what message contained in these statements of revolt and to identify what adjustment techniques are applied in the translation. The results show that the main message contained in the statements of revolt by commoner women are about rebel and anger towards inequality which are not to be delivered, not to be spoken to those who are concerned; and the i ii adjustment techniques cover the three of them but the alteration adjustment is used more frequently than any other adjustment techniques.

The main objective of this study is to develop a theoretical tool to analyze humorelements in Japanese comic (manga). The authors narrow the definition of “tool” as atheoretical framework that can be used in an inductive research. Developing this tool isof importance since evaluating the quality of humor in comic is difficult and subjective,due to the inclusion of humor as a cognitive and cultural product (Hurley et al, 2011).The authors strongly emphasize that this study was a theoretical review one. Weaimed to develop a theoretical foundation pertaining to semiotic analysis in humorousmanga products. To achieve the aim, we applied qualitative content analysis to buildthe foundation inductively. The authors identify that in order to analyze humor inmanga, Berger’s theory of humor techniques (1976, 1993) can be utilized to explorecomical effect in manga. Furthermore, Wilson and Sperber’s framework (2004) canalso be used to evaluate the context of situation pictured in manga. The former theoryis imperative since it highlights the function of drawing representation to buildhumorous atmosphere, while the latter functions to decode the meaning and purposeof humor created by manga creators. To conclude, a theoretical contribution can bewithdrawn from the discussion in this study. However, to really measure Japanese’scognitive and cultural values of humor expression, further application of this analysistool needs to be established in a wider and more comprehensive set of data.

This study is entitled “Pronunciation of Indonesian Language Consonant by Students with Autism in Bintang Harapan Special Needs School: A Psycholinguistic Analysis”. The aim of this research is to describe the pronunciation of Indonesian Language Consonant by students with Autism in Bintang Harapan Special Needs School in Bandung, Indonesia. This research utilized qualitative data analysis with case study approach. The data was collected by observing students in Special Needs School of Bintang Harapan followed by recording and note-taking techniques as well as interviewing teachers and parents. Theories used in this research include psycholinguistic and phonological theories related to language acquisition. The research results show that there is alteration of consonants in [p], [t], [k], [g], [ñ], [ŋ], [l], [f], [v], and [z]; deletion of consonants [n], [ŋ], and [r]; and appearance of consonants [h] and [?]. However, the student has a good articulation compared to other students in the school. This was driven by family support, namely when he was a child, he was more often required to speak by his parents.

Autis adalah satu bentuk gangguan perkembangan yang kompleks disebabkan oleh adanya kerusakan pada otak.  Salah satu masalah yang dihadapi oleh para penyandang autisme adalah sulitnya mendapatkan pekerjaan atau minimnya pengetahuan dan kemampuan untuk melakukan kewirausahaan karena masalah interaksi sosial yang menjadi penciri penderita autis. Masalah yang sama juga dialami oleh siswa-siswi penyandang autis yang sedang bersekolah di Sekolah Khusus Bintang Harapan kota Bandung. Oleh karena itu, kegiatan PPM ini diarahkan pada kegiatan pemberian pengetahuan mengenai kewirausahaan cara membuat kaos (sablon) untuk membekali mereka memiliki kemampuan kewirausahaan dan lebih mandiri. Kegiatan ini dilaksanakan secara luring dengan menerapkan protokol kesehatan yang ketat. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan PPM ini adalah (a) Ceramah (penyampaian materi) dan tanya jawab mengenai alat pembuatan sablon kaos dan cara menggunakannya; (b) Praktik membuat kaos dengan alat sablon sederhana; (c) Brainstorming mengenai pengalaman, keberhasilan, dan tindak lanjut kegiatan. Hasil kegiatan menunjukkan adanya peningkatan pengetahuan dan kemampuan siswa dalam praktik menyablon.

Penelitian ini membahas penggunaan fitur metafora dalam pidato pertama Perdana Menteri Jepang, Shinzo Abe, terkait penyebaran virus corona di Jepang. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan bagaimana metafora digunakan dan apa tujuan penggunakan ungkapan metafora dalam pidato tersebut. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan pendekatan kajian wacana kritis Fairclough (1992). Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Melalui penelitian ini penulis menemukan 8 buah ungkapan metafora dalam pidato Shinzo Abe dan 4 di antaranya menggunakan kata tatakai  yang berarti pertempuran dengan kolokasi yang berbeda-beda. Selain itu, penulis juga menemukan bahwa ungkapan metafora tersebut digunakan untuk menggambarkan situasi darurat kepada masyarakat dan menjadi dasar pengambilan berbagai kebijakan penting dan mendesak untuk mencegah penyebaran virus yang lebih luas pada fase awal penyebaran virus corona di Jepang.