@article{Ignas Pradana_2019, title={Linguistic Fillers in English and Javanese: A Contrastive Analysis}, volume={3}, url={https://knepublishing.com/index.php/KnE-Social/article/view/3935}, DOI={10.18502/kss.v3i10.3935}, abstractNote={<p>Linguistic fillers are part of Psycholinguistics. Fillers can be found in almost all of our utterances in any language. People assume that fillers are considered being taken for granted by its users. Fillers are one of evidences that human needs complex steps in speech production. Javanese and English also have their own characteristics and uniqueness of fillers. There are problems about fillers itself. It includes how to identify it, also what its forms and functions are. The purposes of this research are (1) to identify and classify the form and function of linguistic fillers in English and Javanese, and (2) to identify the similarities and differences of fillers on those two languages. The data used on this research is linguistic fillers in English and Javanese, which has been taken from some previous studies about fillers, spontaneous fillers occurred in some videos on Youtube channels, and personal communications. The result of this research is that there are (1) lexical and non-lexical fillers, (2) cognitive and communicative functions occurred and (3) similarities and differences in English and Javanese fillers. Furthermore, this research is also strongly relatable with translation studies. Linguistic fillers are part of Psycholinguistics. Fillers can be found in almost all utterances in any language. People take fillers for granted. Fillers suggests that humans need complex steps in speech production. Javanese and English also have their own characteristics and uniqueness of fillers’ use. There are many aspects of fillers that need to be investigated, such as how to identify it, what forms it has as well as their concomitant functions. The purposes of this research are (1) to identify and classify the form and function of linguistic fillers in English and Javanese, and (2) to identify the similarities and differences of fillers in both languages. The data used on this research is linguistic fillers in English and Javanese, taken from previous studies on fillers, spontaneous fillers found in some videos on Youtube channels, and personal communications. The result of this research is that there are (1) lexical and non-lexical fillers, (2) cognitive and communicative functions occurred and (3) similarities and differences in English and Javanese fillers. Furthermore, this research is also strongly relatable with translation studies.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Keywords: linguistic fillers, Psycholinguistics, English, Javanese, contrastive analysis</p&gt;}, number={10}, journal={KnE Social Sciences}, author={Ignas Pradana, F}, year={2019}, month={Mar.}, pages={468–476} }