Symptoms of Diglossia Leakage in Multilingual Society in Pangandaran Regency Tourism Area

A Sociolinguistics Study

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10.2991/978-94-6463-376-4_15How to use a DOI?

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Diglossia; multilingualism; society; sociolinguistics

Abstract

There are symptoms of diglossia leakage in the multilingual community in the tourist area of Pangandaran Regency. The symptom is recorded in speech in the family domain. This study used a sociolinguistic theoretical approach involving one hundred respondents from the Pangandaran Regency community. This study used data on respondents’ attitudes towards language selection and use based on occupational social strata, namely civil and non-civil servants. Using qualitative research methods, namely ethnographic qualitative methods, the study shows that Indonesian as a high variety in speech in the community is identified as a low variety. Most of the people in Pangandaran Regency argue that using Indonesian as a high variety in the family room has become the focus. This situation is supported by a group of adults who choose Indonesian as the primary means of communication in the family room. This is done to balance the speech of a group of younger people who use Indonesian. This phenomenon can have a great potential to override the existence of local languages as a low variety that should be used in a familiar space. These findings indicate a need for socialization related to the function of language use in a multilingual society, especially in tourist areas.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Devita Herlina
AU  - Iqssyzia Syahfitri
AU  - Salza Gusti Muhaimi
AU  - Diah Wulandari
AU  - Mahmud Fasya
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/02/26
TI  - Symptoms of Diglossia Leakage in Multilingual Society in Pangandaran Regency Tourism Area
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 109
EP  - 117
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-376-4_15
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-376-4_15
ID  - Herlina2024
ER  -