Anaphora : Journal of Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies

Appropriate Commentary Register in a Match of Volleyball Men’s Nations League 2019

Nabilah Raisa — 2026-02-01

This research examines the register by the commentator's utterance in the video “France vs. Japan - Full Match | Men's Volleyball Nations League 2019. This research aims to discover the register and its meanings in volleyball and explore the appearance of register by paying attention to field, mode, and tenor in utterances made by the commentators in Volleyball Men’s Nations League 2019. The researcher used qualitative methods with descriptive and analysis techniques by using Halliday’s register theory. This research shows that in fields, language is used to explain a situation's context and create social relations. The mode shows how the speaker conveys his message, which involves spoken or written communication. In tenor, the commentator considers the audience equal so that it shows minimal social distance due to the use of informal forms of language, such as the colloquial, the tone, and the choice of words. In conclusion, using registers helps meet communication needs between experts in their fields because they represent languages whose functions are for specific purposes.

Agency Dilemma and the Existence of Women Coffee Workers in Jember

Ghanesya Hari Murti — 2026-01-31

This study aims to understand the agency and existence of women coffee workers in Jember through café and coffee shop practices, using Pierre Bourdieu's theoretical framework, namely habitus, and forms of capital. A qualitative approach explored the gender dimensions, legitimacy, and cultural dynamics that distinguish café and coffee shop practices for women to thrive. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews, participatory observation, and then analyzed using a thematic approach. The results showed that women in cafés tend to have high cultural capital through mastery of modern coffee serving techniques and service aesthetics, which creates bourgeois legitimacy. In contrast, women in coffee shops rely on community-based social capital to build interpersonal relationships that create popular legitimacy. Masculine and feminine dimensions also influence coffee consumption practices, with male customers demonstrating cultural dominance by expecting female service. Although women in cafés are often seen as an aesthetic element that enhances the place's attractiveness, their habitus remains a decisive factor in the business's success. In coffee shops, more informal relationships reflect local traditions that strengthen customer loyalty. This research concludes that women's agency in the coffee sector is strongly influenced by the habitus played in the doxa of coffee aena. As such, café and coffee shop practices reflect differences in bourgeois and popular legitimacy relevant to social and cultural dynamics in Jember.

Adjective Collocations in Gurit Bocah of Belik Magazine: Form and Lexical Meaning

Nanda Nursa Alya — 2026-01-25

This study highlights the importance of examining children’s language use in Javanese literary media as an indicator of language mastery and development. Focusing on the Gurit Bocah section of Belik magazine, this research investigates adjective collocations produced by children by examining their morphological forms and lexical meanings. The data were analyzed using distributional and referential methods. The findings reveal that children predominantly use monomorphemic adjectives, while polymorphemic forms appear through affixation, reduplication, and a combination of compounding and reduplication, totaling fourteen identified forms. In terms of collocation, adjectives consistently combine with multiple nouns and form systematic patterns. These patterns are classified into four semantic groups: (1) physical and natural environment, (2) feelings and mental conditions, (3) values and evaluations, and (4) activities and states. These findings indicate that children’s adjective use in Javanese literary texts is systematic rather than random, reflecting both morphological competence and lexical–semantic awareness shaped by their experiential world and the literary context of Belik magazine.

A Study of Digital Globalization: Roblox as Entertainment, Identity, and Youth Cultural Change

Hanna Alisya Sudaryadi — 2026-01-31

In Indonesia, Roblox is currently trending and is widely played by online gamers in Indonesia, ranging from millennials to Gen Z and Gen Alpha, who play this online gaming platform from the United States. As part of digital globalization, Roblox is not only a medium of entertainment, but also a means of socialization, identity formation, and the spread of global culture, especially American culture. Most Indonesian Gen Zers use this platform to interact, be creative, and even build cross-border relationships, but they also have the potential to experience a shift in local cultural values due to the strong influence of foreign cultures. This study aims to detect how Roblox shapes the way Indonesian users interact by allowing them to communicate, collaborate, and express themselves through avatars, thereby building a digital identity that reflects the style and culture of the younger generation. The author finds that Roblox has evolved into a global digital space that reflects the culture of the younger generation. As participatory entertainment, this platform allows players to be creative and explore the virtual world. From a socialization perspective, Roblox creates a cross-cultural communication ecosystem that encourages the exchange of values and lifestyles. In addition to being a learning tool, Roblox has been proven to build real connections, with some players even forming friendships and romantic relationships in the real world, showing that the boundaries between the digital world and social reality are becoming increasingly blurred

Motif Structure and the Liminal Function of Death in The Milk-White Doo, A Scottish Folktale

Alvanita Alvanita — 2025-12-15

Although Scottish folktales form part of the broader European tradition, they remain underrepresented in global folklore studies. Meanwhile, Scottish tales are rich with cultural traditions and national identity, which tend to be marginalized by the British tales. This article examines the portrayal of death in The Milk-White Doo, a Scottish fairy tale, using an interdisciplinary approach that combines folkloristics and literary analysis. Drawing on the Thompson Motif-Index, Propp’s Morphology of the Folktale, and Victor Turner’s theory of liminality, the study identifies four dominant motifs: unnatural cruelty, animal transformation, reincarnation, and reward and punishment. In addition, it also discusses how death functions structurally through the narrative roles of absentation, villainy, victory, and wedding. The analysis highlights how death is depicted not as an end, but as a liminal process marked by separation, transition, and incorporation. This transformation serves to restore moral and familial order, which reflects historical beliefs in death as a just consequence for wrongdoing. By situating death within a ritual and symbolic framework, the study contributes to broader discussions on justice, grief, and renewal in folklore. It also encourages further research into how modern adaptations reshape traditional death motifs to align with modern cultural values.