Dissertation examination
Lecturer of Indonesian Literature Muhammad Nur Iman Earns Doctorate in Linguistics
The Linguistics Doctoral Program at Hasanuddin University's Faculty of Cultural Sciences held a doctoral promotion exam for Muhammad Nur Iman on Monday (March 16). Muhammad Nur Iman is a lecturer in Indonesian Literature at Hasanuddin University's Faculty of Cultural Sciences. The exam took place in the Faculty of Cultural Sciences Senate Meeting Room, second floor of the Dean's Building, and was attended online via Zoom for external examiners. The exam was led by Prof. Dr. Andi Muhammad Akhmar, SS, M.Hum., with a team of examiners consisting of Prof. Dr. Muhammad Darwis, MS, Prof. Dr. Kaharuddin, M.Hum., Prof. Dr. Suhandano, MA, Prof. Dr. Lukman, MS, Prof. Dr. Asriani Abbas, M.Hum., and Prof. Dr. Harlinah Sahib, M.Hum. In his research, Muhammad Nur Iman examines the complexity of the syntactic structure of Indonesian sentences within a legal context, emphasizing two main dimensions: paradigmatic and syntagmatic. The research data comes from sentences in the Criminal Code (KUHP).
The findings of this study confirm that sentence structure within the legal system possesses a consistent and adaptive organizational logic, despite its complexity. Syntactic complexity in legal language is seen as a necessity to ensure certainty, accuracy, and avoid the potential for multiple interpretations. Theoretically, this research offers a two-dimensional analytical model for legal sentences. Practically, the results are expected to provide a linguistic basis for reformulating legal language to make it more communicative without compromising its legal authority.