Language and Social Class: The Differences Between Traditional Market and Mall
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.200406.046How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Indonesian language, mall, social class, Sundanese, traditional market
- Abstract
This study investigated some features of language use in two contexts: traditional markets and modern market, or more commonly known as malls. The data of language use and physical appearance as the class markers were gathered through observation and interviews with the traditional market and the mall in one of a large city in Indonesia. The findings show that in terms of language use, there were no significant differences found. This is probably due to the proximity in the location of the traditional market and the mall; that is, both are located in the relative distance to the dense population of the city. However, in terms of physical appearance, the visitors of the traditional market and the mall showed rather telling cases in displaying their social class.
- Copyright
- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Yanty Wirza AU - Gentania Dewi Famela AU - Nurajijah AU - Nurul Nahdiyah Widiani PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04/09 TI - Language and Social Class: The Differences Between Traditional Market and Mall BT - Proceedings of the Twelfth Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 229 EP - 231 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200406.046 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.200406.046 ID - Wirza2020 ER -