Abstract
The objective of the research is to observe language attitude and choice of Minangkabau community residing in Medan to find out whether the people in the community have a positive or negative attitude toward Minangkabau language, and whether their language choice shows a preference toward Bahasa Indonesia, Minangkabau language, or other languages. This research was conducted in two subdistricts covering four villages in Medan. The data of this research were 400 copies of questionnaire whichcontained the respondents’ answers to 11 questions on language attitude and 18 questions on language choice. The data obtained were analyzed using Likert Scale for language attitude and domain analysis for language choice. It was found that the result of the language attitude was positive but in the language choice, respondents tended to use Bahasa Indonesia in the family, friendship, place, and media domains Permalink/DOI: dx.doi.org/10.17977/um015v45i12017p076
Highlights
The objective of the research is to observe language attitude and choice of Minangkabau community residing in Medan to find out whether the people in the community have a positive or negative attitude toward Minangkabau language, and whether their language choice shows a preference toward Bahasa Indonesia, Minangkabau language, or other languages
The presence of a third person formsa new situation which as well causes the change in language use from Minangkabau language (MkL) to Bahasa Indonesia (BI)(Deliana, 2002).This research used domain analysis proposed by Fishman(1972) to investigate types
From the findings above it can be concluded that the younger age group and older age group who were born and raised in Medan, used BI as their language choicewhile the younger age group and older age group who were migrants from West Sumatra, used MkL as their language choice
Summary
The objective of the research is to observe language attitude and choice of Minangkabau community residing in Medan to find out whether the people in the community have a positive or negative attitude toward Minangkabau language, and whether their language choice shows a preference toward Bahasa Indonesia, Minangkabau language, or other languages. He found that positive attitude toward their mother tongue was highly valued They are very loyal to their mother tongue and only use Bahasa Indonesia (BI)in formal situation and in a certain occasion. This positive attitude has been implanted since the child is born, and the first language he has heard is his mother tongue. The presence of a third person (buyer of the same ethnicity) formsa new situation which as well causes the change in language use from MkL to BI(Deliana, 2002).This research used domain analysis proposed by Fishman(1972) to investigate types
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