Muchamad Sholakhuddin Al Fajri
Biographic Data
| ID | 1137173 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Muchamad Sholakhuddin Al Fajri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Muchamad Sholakhuddin |
| FAMILY NAME | Al Fajri |
| SIGNATURE | AL FAJRI M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Airlangga University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5628-065X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
News media depictions of people with mental disabilities in Indonesia
The media plays a pivotal role in shaping public perceptions, often contributing to the reinforcement of stereotypes and the dissemination of misinformation about people with mental disabilities. This article aims to reveal how individuals with mental disabilities have been linguistically and discursively constructed by Indonesian online news media over a ten-year period, from 2011 to 2020. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, the study integ…
Battling the climate crisis
As a global issue that requires direct mitigation action, climate change has been examined through a linguistic lens, including metaphors. This study aims to examine how WAR and THREAT metaphors are used in Indonesian news discourse on climate change (2013–2022) and to uncover the ecological ideologies they construct. From the 771,867 words collected, we focused on the metaphorical collocates of the word ‘climate’ and examined the social actors i…
Stance expressions in applied linguistics research articles
Stance, a crucial aspect of academic writing, is complex and vital for both beginner and advanced writers. However, L2 English learners and experienced writers frequently struggle with using stance markers effectively. Currently, there remains a scarcity of research comparing the utilisation of stance markers in applied linguistics research articles between native English professional writers and L1 Indonesian speakers. This study aims to fill th…
Portraying people with disability in Indonesian online news reports
This article investigates representations of individuals with disabilities in Indonesian news media by drawing on corpus-assisted discourse study, social actor analysis, and news models of disability. The data comprises news articles which refer to disability published on popular Indonesian online news platforms over a ten-year period (2011–2020). The findings reveal prevalent portrayals of disabled people as passive beneficiaries and objects of …
The portrayal of diabetes in the Indonesian online press
Diabetes poses a substantial public health concern in indonesia, standing as the third leading cause of mortality following stroke and heart disease.the media holds potential as a crucial tool for public education, influencing perceptions of health issues and dispelling stigmatization or misinformation surrounding individuals with diabetes.this article investigates the representation of diabetes in indonesian online news articles by drawing on a …
Multifunctionality in English
This is a review of the book Multifunctionality in English: Corpora, Language and Academic Literacy Pedagogy
Hedging practices in soft science research articles
Hedging devices play a crucial role in mitigating claims and reducing directness in academic writing. Their utilisation in scholarly discourse facilitates tentativeness and fosters effective communication. The present study investigates the use of hedging devices by Indonesian researchers in the soft sciences. The dataset comprises 2,511,423 words from 400 research articles authored by Indonesian scholars. The results demonstrate that Indonesian …
Investigating Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Initial Motivations and Identity Formation
This study aims to explore the initial motivations of pre-service teachers to enroll in a teacher education program and investigate how the teaching practice within the program contributes to the development of their professional identity. The research was conducted as a case study within the English Teacher Education Department (ETED) at a university in Indonesia. A qualitative approach was employed, and data were collected through written narra…
Discursive Strategies of Manipulation in Covid-19 Political Discourse
This study aims to investigate the discursive strategies of manipulation and their realizations in political speeches about COVID-19 pandemic delivered by Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. The scheme of manipulation strategies proposed by van Dijk was used to analyze the data. The findings show that the manipulation in both speeches is delivered through ideological polarization, discrediting the others, emotionalizing the argument, emphasizing the…
The Construction of Indonesian Muslims and Islam in Australian Newspapers
This study aims to investigate the discursive representation of Indonesian Muslims in the Australian press by employing a methodological synergy of corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis. It analyses two different corpora of Australian newspapers from two different periods (2002-2006 and 2012-2016). Keyword and collocation analyses were used to reveal recurrent patterns or dominant discourses of Indonesian Muslims. Concordances were t…
Exploring a Diachronic Change in the Use of English Relative Clauses
This corpus-based diachronic study aims to investigate the change in the use of English relative clauses over a 45-year time span. It does not only focus on change over time but also change between two varieties of English (British and American). The data were taken from the Brown family of corpora. Each corpus in the Brown family corpora consists of 500 texts of approximately 2,000 words of written published standard English. The finding indicat…
Investigating Indonesian Master's Students’ Perception of Critical Thinking in Academic Writing in a British University
Critical thinking is generally valued as expected outcomes of university graduates although the concept of it is controversial. Students are required to display it in academic writing which is the default of university assessment. However, international students from “non-Western” backgrounds in particular, frequently experience difficulty in demonstrating critical expression in their written texts. The current study, in the light of interviews w…
The discursive portrayals of Indonesian Muslims and Islam in the American press
Numerous studies across disciplines on how western media portray Muslims have been conducted in different geopolitical and cultural contexts. However, we still lack research into media constructions of Muslims from a particular country, including Indonesia, which is the most populous Muslim nation. This study aims to analyse the linguistic representation of Indonesian Muslims and Islam in two corpora of American newspapers published in two differ…
The Representation of a Blasphemy Protest in Jakarta in Local and International Press
The way political protests and civil (dis)order are reported in news discourse has been of interest to critical linguists (e.g. Hart, 2014; Brindle, 2016). Representations of an event in the media are typically influenced by political stances of news institutions and therefore representations of the same protest can be different in different news media, depending on the ideological framework in which they operate. This present study differs from …
Hegemonic and Minority Discourses Around Immigrants
This study aims to analyse discourses surrounding the word immigrants in a large collection of naturally occurring language, ‘ukWac’ corpus (Web as Corpus). It employs corpus linguistics as a methodology to carry out critical discourse analysis research. Specifically, collocation analyses were used to identify dominant representations and discourse prosodies (Stubbs, 2007) of immigrants. Concordance analyses were then applied to examine the data …
Discursive Strategies of Manipulation in Covid-19 Political Discourse
This study aims to investigate the discursive strategies of manipulation and their realizations in political speeches about COVID-19 pandemic delivered by Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. The scheme of manipulation strategies proposed by van Dijk was used to analyze the data. The findings show that the manipulation in both speeches is delivered through ideological polarization, discrediting the others, emotionalizing the argument, emphasizing the…
Hegemonic and Minority Discourses Around Immigrants
This study aims to analyse discourses surrounding the word immigrants in a large collection of naturally occurring language, ‘ukWac’ corpus (Web as Corpus). It employs corpus linguistics as a methodology to carry out critical discourse analysis research. Specifically, collocation analyses were used to identify dominant representations and discourse prosodies (Stubbs, 2007) of immigrants. Concordance analyses were then applied to examine the data …
The Representation of a Blasphemy Protest in Jakarta in Local and International Press
The way political protests and civil (dis)order are reported in news discourse has been of interest to critical linguists (e.g. Hart, 2014; Brindle, 2016). Representations of an event in the media are typically influenced by political stances of news institutions and therefore representations of the same protest can be different in different news media, depending on the ideological framework in which they operate. This present study differs from …
The discursive portrayals of Indonesian Muslims and Islam in the American press
Numerous studies across disciplines on how western media portray Muslims have been conducted in different geopolitical and cultural contexts. However, we still lack research into media constructions of Muslims from a particular country, including Indonesia, which is the most populous Muslim nation. This study aims to analyse the linguistic representation of Indonesian Muslims and Islam in two corpora of American newspapers published in two differ…
The Construction of Indonesian Muslims and Islam in Australian Newspapers
This study aims to investigate the discursive representation of Indonesian Muslims in the Australian press by employing a methodological synergy of corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis. It analyses two different corpora of Australian newspapers from two different periods (2002-2006 and 2012-2016). Keyword and collocation analyses were used to reveal recurrent patterns or dominant discourses of Indonesian Muslims. Concordances were t…
Exploring a Diachronic Change in the Use of English Relative Clauses
This corpus-based diachronic study aims to investigate the change in the use of English relative clauses over a 45-year time span. It does not only focus on change over time but also change between two varieties of English (British and American). The data were taken from the Brown family of corpora. Each corpus in the Brown family corpora consists of 500 texts of approximately 2,000 words of written published standard English. The finding indicat…
Investigating Indonesian Master's Students’ Perception of Critical Thinking in Academic Writing in a British University
Critical thinking is generally valued as expected outcomes of university graduates although the concept of it is controversial. Students are required to display it in academic writing which is the default of university assessment. However, international students from “non-Western” backgrounds in particular, frequently experience difficulty in demonstrating critical expression in their written texts. The current study, in the light of interviews w…
Discursive Strategies of Manipulation in Covid-19 Political Discourse
This study aims to investigate the discursive strategies of manipulation and their realizations in political speeches about COVID-19 pandemic delivered by Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. The scheme of manipulation strategies proposed by van Dijk was used to analyze the data. The findings show that the manipulation in both speeches is delivered through ideological polarization, discrediting the others, emotionalizing the argument, emphasizing the…
Multifunctionality in English
This is a review of the book Multifunctionality in English: Corpora, Language and Academic Literacy Pedagogy
Hedging practices in soft science research articles
Hedging devices play a crucial role in mitigating claims and reducing directness in academic writing. Their utilisation in scholarly discourse facilitates tentativeness and fosters effective communication. The present study investigates the use of hedging devices by Indonesian researchers in the soft sciences. The dataset comprises 2,511,423 words from 400 research articles authored by Indonesian scholars. The results demonstrate that Indonesian …
Investigating Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Initial Motivations and Identity Formation
This study aims to explore the initial motivations of pre-service teachers to enroll in a teacher education program and investigate how the teaching practice within the program contributes to the development of their professional identity. The research was conducted as a case study within the English Teacher Education Department (ETED) at a university in Indonesia. A qualitative approach was employed, and data were collected through written narra…
Stance expressions in applied linguistics research articles
Stance, a crucial aspect of academic writing, is complex and vital for both beginner and advanced writers. However, L2 English learners and experienced writers frequently struggle with using stance markers effectively. Currently, there remains a scarcity of research comparing the utilisation of stance markers in applied linguistics research articles between native English professional writers and L1 Indonesian speakers. This study aims to fill th…
Portraying people with disability in Indonesian online news reports
This article investigates representations of individuals with disabilities in Indonesian news media by drawing on corpus-assisted discourse study, social actor analysis, and news models of disability. The data comprises news articles which refer to disability published on popular Indonesian online news platforms over a ten-year period (2011–2020). The findings reveal prevalent portrayals of disabled people as passive beneficiaries and objects of …
The portrayal of diabetes in the Indonesian online press
Diabetes poses a substantial public health concern in indonesia, standing as the third leading cause of mortality following stroke and heart disease.the media holds potential as a crucial tool for public education, influencing perceptions of health issues and dispelling stigmatization or misinformation surrounding individuals with diabetes.this article investigates the representation of diabetes in indonesian online news articles by drawing on a …
News media depictions of people with mental disabilities in Indonesia
The media plays a pivotal role in shaping public perceptions, often contributing to the reinforcement of stereotypes and the dissemination of misinformation about people with mental disabilities. This article aims to reveal how individuals with mental disabilities have been linguistically and discursively constructed by Indonesian online news media over a ten-year period, from 2011 to 2020. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, the study integ…
Battling the climate crisis
As a global issue that requires direct mitigation action, climate change has been examined through a linguistic lens, including metaphors. This study aims to examine how WAR and THREAT metaphors are used in Indonesian news discourse on climate change (2013–2022) and to uncover the ecological ideologies they construct. From the 771,867 words collected, we focused on the metaphorical collocates of the word ‘climate’ and examined the social actors i…
Sociology (13 works) · Linguistics (12 works) · Indonesian (10 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Corpus linguistics (5 works)