Abstract
This research discusses expressions of apology in Japanese by Javanese and Sundanese speakers at Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. The apology differs between Japanese and Indonesian. Apologizing to the Japanese uses many reasons, the Japanese may distrust the speech partner and cause misunderstanding. In learning Japanese, Javanese-speaking learners are different from Sundanese-speaking learners because their culture also influences them. This research aims to determine the strategy of apology expression by Japanese language learners who speak Javanese and Sundanese as seen from the semantic formula and the differences between the two. This research used a descriptive method with a qualitative approach to describe the strategy of apologizing in Japanese by Javanese and Sundanese mother tongue learners using semantic formulas. Respondents were UMY students from level 2 and level 3 PBJ Study Program with 15 Javanese speaking students and 15 Sundanese speaking students. This research showed that most Japanese learners who speak Javanese and Sundanese tended to use the Speech Act Indication Expression (apology and appreciation) when expressing Japanese apologies. They used polite language ultimately when apologizing to lecturers.
Highlights
Language is used to interact with fellow human beings and serves to express feelings and convey information
The method used in this study was a descriptive method with a qualitative approach to find out a systematic, factual, and accurate description of the strategy of apologizing in Japanese by Javanese and Sundanese mother tongue learners using a situation-based semantic formula
The following are the steps of data collection: 1) Asking 15 Javanese-speaking Japanese learners and 15 Sundanesespeaking Japanese learners by making an apology expression using three situations, namely: Apologizing for being late for lectures to the lecturer, apologizing for the dirty borrowed books to seniors, apologizing for not being able to attend the new student admissions meeting to friends; 2) Classifying the data based on the semantic formula Blum Kulka; 3) Analyzing data based on the semantic formulas and language strategies used; 4) Drawing some conclusions
Summary
Language is used to interact with fellow human beings and serves to express feelings and convey information. People develop their language to meet the needs of the culture. Their culture largely influences people's behavior in certain situations. What society has done in a specific culture may differ from other cultures. In learning a foreign language, especially Japanese, the learners must know how to use the language correctly by understanding the culture. Understanding the culture of Japanese society will be more achieved by comparing their civilization to see the differences and similarities objectively. The language attitude of society shows how the people use the language. The differences that arise because of cultural misunderstandings can cause problems in communication
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