I'm sorry, if I couldn't be good as daughter for my mom and dadI'm sorry, if I couldn't be good as sister for my brothers and sistersI'm sorry, if I couldn't be good as aunt for my nephew and nieceI'm sorry, if I couldn't be good as bestfriend for my bestfriendI'm sorry, if I couldn't be good as friend for my friendsI'm sorry,...
Ethnic's Specific Language Features in Bengkulu ProvinceExample 1 SerawaiA : "Aku mau ke dalam nih, ada yan mau nitip gak?"B : "Tolong batak handphone aku sekalian ya"A : "Maksudnya?"Dalam bahasa Serawai kata "batak" bermakna "bawa"Example 2 RejangA : "Api nama kamu?"B : "Ha? di mana api?"A : "Bukan begitu maksudnya."Dalam bahasa Rejang kata "api" bermakna "siapa"Example 3 MinangA : "Sabana enak ayam goreng...
ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL NETWORKSEthnicityExample 1 When I was in Montreal I found a small restaurant in the old French quarter where the menu looked affordable and attractive. I was greeted in French by the waiter and I responded in French, though my accent clearly signalled that I was a native English speaker. At this point, the waiter, who was undoubtedly bilingual, had a...
ISSUES IN SOCIOLINGUISTICSSOCIOLINGUISTICS Sociolingustics is a broad subfield in linguistics. Sociolinguistics is the study of how social norms and the social context affect language use. According to P. Trudgill (1974: 32) "Sociolinguistics is that part of linguistics which is concerned with language as a social and cultural phenomenon. It investigates the field of language and society & has close connections with the social sciences, especially social...
LINGUISTIC POLITENESS IN DIFFERENT CULTURES Many implicit sociolinguistic biases remain about what people think when they ask or say a specific thing. We expect something more complicated than Dr Kennedy when we ask someone to introduce an honorable guest at an important formal dinner. When we expect anyone to dine, we suppose that they know the requirements of decent attire, arrival...
Here our discussion about National Languages and Language PlanningFrom Damba Reja, Aulia Arifin, Genda Opriorika, Annisa Lestiani and Abdushomad Al Wahid.NATIONAL LANGUAGES AND LANGUAGE PLANNING Paraguay is the only Latin American nation with a distinctive national language. Paraguay provides a clear case of stable broad diglossia, with Spanish, the H Language used in formal contexts, for administration, a great deal of education...