Dr. Nirwan, M.Hum.
About Lecturer
Dr. Nirwan is currently a lecturer at the Faculty of Education,UIII, where he has recently joined and is preparing to begin his teaching and research responsibilities. He obtained his Doctoral degree in Linguistics from Udayana University, Bali, with a concentration in linguistic anthropology. His doctoral research examined language use within cultural contexts, with a particular focus on metaphor, indexicality, performance, and language ideology.
He works on two broad, and related, areas of research: The first is linguistic anthropology (language in culture), which focuses on the relationship between language, culture, and society—how language is applied in social contexts, and how identity, power, and education are shaped via language. The second is Critical Discourse Analysis, which explores how discourse reflects and constructs social realities, specifically in relation to issues of power, ideology, and inequality in various context—including education.
About research interest: Linguistic Anthropology, Critical Discourse Analysis
University of Udayana (2021)
Master’s degree in Linguistic
Hasanuddin University (2013)
Bachelor’s degree in English Language EducationUIN Alauddin Makassar 2010
Faculty of Education, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII)
2025-Present
Head of English and Literature Department
Universitas Pertiwi
2023-2024
Lecturer
Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Asing pertiwi
2021-2023
Nirwan (2025). Kecerdasan berbahasa, memulihkan kesatuan manusia: Membaca kembali Indonesia dari sudut pandang kebahasaan. Dalam B. Karolus Budiman Jama (Ed.), Bunga rampai (hlm. 147–152). Pustaka Larasan.
Nirwan. (2023). Bahasa dan Sosial. Infes Media. https://www.google.co.id/books/edition/PENGANTAR_LINGUISTIK_UMUM/7bDJEAAAQBAJ
Nirwan. (2023). Bahasa dan budaya: Pengenalan bahasa dan budaya (pp. 1–14). Infes Media. Diakses dari Google Books: https://books.google.co.id/books?id=8EHJEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=id
Conference Proceeding
Nirwan. (2018). An Exploration of the Verb ‘Baha’ in Pakkado, Mandar, Indonesia: A Study of Natural Semantic Metalanguage. Paper presented at the 1st International Conference on Local Languages: Empowerment and Preservation of Local Languages, Faculty of Arts, Udayana University.
Nirwan. (2019, January 23–26). I call you through fire: A Pakkado love magic parallelism. Paper presented at The GLOCAL 2019 – The Global Council on Anthropological Linguistics, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Unpublished manuscript available at the conference website.
Journal Articles
Nirwan. (2024). Reduplikasi nomina dan verba dalam masyarakat Pakkado’ di Sulawesi Barat. Kulturistik: Jurnal Bahasa & Budaya, 8(1), 36–42. https://doi.org/10.22225/kulturistik.8.1.6852
Nurridzka Fadyaramadhani, Nirwan, N., & Hilda Sari Wardhani. (2024). Fantasy: Exploring Moral Values in Barbie Movie 2023. DEIKTIS: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Dan Sastra, 4(2), 153-163. https://doi.org/10.53769/deiktis.v4i2.745
Works in Progress:
Denyut Kata dalam Kebudayaan: Sebuah Tafsir Filosofis atas Kada nipamalolo. Book Manuscript in Progress.