This research was conducted to analyze language errors in the drama script "My Father Pulang" by Usmar Ismail, aiming to identify language errors in the areas of syntax and diction. Then this study describes the mistakes. The method used in this study uses a descriptive-qualitative method. This type of research makes descriptions, makes descriptions, which are factual and accurate with the data. Qualitative methods are used to provide descriptions and explanations that are very clear, objective, analytical, systematic, and critical of language errors in the drama script "My Father Pulang". As for the results of this study there are diction errors, errors in the use of excessive words, and errors in syntax. Diction errors are related to errors in word selection in drama script sentences so that the meaning is not quite right. Errors in the use of excessive words, namely words that are used less effectively in one sentence that has more meaning. While the syntax field errors with inappropriate prepositions and related to morphology.

The language and context of speech cannot be separated from each other, the two intertwine in tandem and complement each other. The communication process uses language as a medium for conveying its message. Communicators (speakers), communicants (speakers), messages, and speech situations are necessary parts of communication that are expected to be smooth communication and the delivery of messages. The delivery of the message by the speaker becomes hampered when there is a misalignment of understanding received by the speaker. This is what pragmatics is trying to interpret. Pragmatics is the study of the relationship of language to its context. In a comprehensive understanding of language in communication will give birth to language functions that ultimately form a strong language character. It is presented in the article on speech acts and implicature in the use of language. 
 

Artikel ini membahas ideologi eksistensialisme pada puisi “Prologue” karya Sapardi Djoko Damono. Tujuan penelitian ini yakni untuk menunjukkan konsep ideologi eksistensialisme yang dibangun melalui struktur puisi dan relasi makna pada puisi “Prologue”. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian adalah deskriptif analitik dengan memfokuskan pada data dan objek penelitian teks. Pembahasan ideologi eksistensialisme difokuskan pada aspek-aspek tanda yang terdapat pada puisi tersebut. Pada penelitian ini, ideologi eksistensialisme diejawantah berdasarkan relasi tanda yang muncul sebagai bagian dari representasi yang mewakili sesuatu yang lain. Tanda-tanda yang akan dianalisis mengacu penanda dan petanda. Representasi terhadap tanda ini akan merujuk pada makna eksistensialisme yang ada pada keseluruhan puisi. Selain itu, pembahasannya akan diperkuat dengan intertekstualitas, yakni keterkaitan puisi “prologue” dengan teks lain. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan struktur puisi, relasi tanda, tataran tanda, dan makna menunjukkan konsep ideologi eksistensialime mengarah pada konsep kesadaran manusia akan diri, lingkungan, dan Tuhannya. Selain itu, penelitian ini juga diharapkan dapat memberikan wacana atas konsep ideologi dalam puisi.
 
 

Mantras in some traditions and cultures are closely related to the values of spirituality and religiosity. Mantras can be used as a vehicle to pray and desire in the hope that they can be granted by God. Asihan becomes one type of mantra that has the function of getting the affection of the intended person. Asihan has magical powers that are suggestive that make spell pronunciation have charisma and the power to attract the attention of others. This article aims to describe the structure, context of speech, creation process, and function of the asihan. The method used in this article is descriptive-qualitative by placing text analysis as the object of research. In addition, it is also analyzed the context of mantra speech related to the practice that is a condition of obtaining the power of the mantra. The results showed that the structure of the mantra of asihan from the use of language, compounds, and themes with isotopic analysis has a relationship with the form of belief in God. Meanwhile, the context of speech and the process of creation describes the process of pronouncing mantras and practices that must be fulfilled by spell pronunciation, while the function shows the functional usefulness of mantras by spell pronunciation.