Code Variations in Language Choice at Tanjungsari Market, Sumedang Regency
A Sociolinguistic Study
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211119.004How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Language choice; language code variations; sociolinguistics; Tanjungsari Market
- Abstract
The language diversity in the multilingual community in Tanjungsari Market, Sumedang Regency (TMSR) can be a blessing or a disaster for the speakers in the area. This paper describes the form of language code variations in language choice in the TMSR speech community. Using an ethnographic qualitative method, the study used the data from the use of Sundanese, Javanese, and Indonesian in the TMSR speech community. The findings revealed two forms in language code variations used by the TMSR community including code variation in the form of language and code variation in speech level. There are three variations of the language code in TMSR, namely Sundanese, Javanese, and Indonesian; and two variations of speech level in TMSR included smooth speech level and familiar speech level. Speakers usually use smooth speech levels to older people or to people who are not intimate. Meanwhile, the familiar speech level is used for people who are already intimate. However, there is a shift in the use of speech levels in the TMSR speech community because some speakers in TMRS have used the familiar speech level to interact verbally with older family members. The TMSR speech community can manage the language diversity as a blessing so that the potential for conflicts that can be a disaster for them can be reduced and controlled.
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- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Afi Fadlilah AU - Dini Gilang Sari PY - 2021 DA - 2021/11/21 TI - Code Variations in Language Choice at Tanjungsari Market, Sumedang Regency BT - Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 18 EP - 22 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211119.004 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211119.004 ID - Fadlilah2021 ER -