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The Identity of Depok People Based on the Terms of Address Variations: A Dialectology Study

Authors
Sri Munawarah1, *, Frans Asisi Datang1
1Linguistics Department, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: bundachomsky@gmail.com
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Sri Munawarah
Available Online 29 May 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-058-9_12How to use a DOI?
Keywords
terms of address variations; identity of Depok people; dialectology; sociolinguistic
Abstract

Depok emphasizes the importance of culture in social life. By analyzing the language used among its people, one can trace the identity of Depok. Historically, the indigenous Depok people speak the suburban Betawi subdialect. Geographically, Depok has common borders with Jakarta, Bogor, Bekasi, and Tangerang, which might affect the language situation. A hypothesis states that speakers of Betawi and Sundanese reside in Depok. One of the distinguishing features of a culture is the use of kinship terms of address. The research problem is how the varieties of terms of address used by the inhabitants of Depok show dialectological perspectives and serve as indicators to determine the identity of Depok inhabitants and their ethnic group. The objectives of this study are (1) to create a mapping of the terms of address distribution and (2) to determine the identity of Depok people based on the distribution of the terms of address variations. This study used a qualitative and sociogeolinguistic approach, a combination of sociolinguistics and dialectology (geolinguistics). The data show that Betawi terms of address are used extensively in 10 of 11 subdistricts. This proves that most Depok inhabitants are from Betawi ethnic group, although a tiny percentage of the inhabitants use Sundanese terms of address with a smaller usage area. Consequently, the Depok people’s identity tends toward the Betawi people’s identity, with some influences from the Sundanese people.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the fourth Asia-Pacific Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Stream (AHS-APRISH 2019)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
29 May 2023
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978-2-38476-058-9
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-058-9_12How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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