English, Modernity and the Decay of Local Language

DOI

10.2991/icems-17.2018.26How to use a DOI?

Keywords

modernity, local language, language decay

Abstract

This study aims at describing the correlation between English usage in daily interaction of young generation in Gorontalo and the decay of local language. It is a qualitative study where the data are taken from observation, interview, and documentation. The respondents in this study are young people of Gorontalo. It reveals that youth perceive using English and other dialects, such as, "Betawinese (native of Jakarta) and Manadonese (native of Manado, North Sulawesi)" dialect in their daily interaction as part of modern lifestyle. Whereas local language usage is seen as something traditional and only is used by older generations. This study also reveals that media and parents as the two key actors in the decay of local languages. At home communication between parents and children, and even parents to parents rarely use local language anymore. In addition, mass media, such as radio, Television, and local newspaper are no longer use local language. Out of many radio programs in Gorontalo, for instance, only two programs that use Gorontalonese language. Therefore, this study recommends that parents and mass media increase their usage of local languages in Gorontalo in order to slow down the decay of local languages in Gorontalo.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Asna Usman Dilo
AU  - Sri Dewi Jayanti Biahimo
PY  - 2017/10
DA  - 2017/10
TI  - English, Modernity and the Decay of Local Language
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education in Muslim Society (ICEMS 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 134
EP  - 137
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icems-17.2018.26
DO  - 10.2991/icems-17.2018.26
ID  - UsmanDilo2017/10
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