KETIDAKEFEKTIFAN KALIMAT PADA CAPTION INSTAGRAM MAHASISWA FAKULTAS PERTANIAN UNIVERSITAS WINAYA MUKTI

Abstrak

This study is aimed to find out the general picture of sentence ineffectiveness on the Instagram captions written by the students of Agriculture Faculty of Winaya Mukti University. Moreover, the factors of sentence ineffectiveness are also investigated in this study. This research uses qualitative method with descriptive analysis technique. There are 50 Instagram captions analyzed in this research that were posted from 9 to 15 September 2018. The results show that, from all analyzed data, there are only 34 captions that are considered to have sentence ineffectiveness with the following details: 13 foreign language interferences, 3 pleonasms, 5 ambiguities, 1 logical reasoning, 3 unclear core elements of the sentence, 4 regional language interferences, 3 non-standard word usages, 1 prepositional redundancy, 1 ambiguity of word meaning. There are no sentences that contain inaccuracy of word form and contamination.   Keywords: sentences ineffectiveness, Instagram caption, college students.