Abstract
<p>Language is the most important communication tool that has various functions to be used in people’s interaction. It is essentially utilized in every aspect of life in which there will be no good movement without a language. The same language used differently by some people is known as language variation that also takes place at an exceptional school (henceforth called as ES) in Gorontalo City, particularly the students with a physical disability. For that reason, this study aims to describe the use of language variation by the students with a physical disability at ES in Gorontalo City. Sociolinguistics theory about the use of language variation becomes the guideline of this study, and it refers to the speaker’s language variation viewed by (1) lexical choice; (2) sentence; (3) intonation and (4) plot suitability. The result finally shows that the use of language variation by the students with a physical disability is based on the speaker’s lexical choice, sentence arrangement, intonation, and plot suitability.</p><p> </p>
Highlights
IntroductionHuman’s life is inseparable from a language due to the function of language in their activities
As the social creature, human’s life is inseparable from a language due to the function of language in their activities
The characteristics of physical disability are: (1) the limb becomes stiff/weak/paralyzed; (2) difficulty in moving around; (3) motion device disability; (4) difficulty in standing/walking/sitting and showing an abnormal body posture. Concerning this problem, this study formulates a problem statement of “how is the use of language variation by the students with a physical disability at ES in retelling a folklore entitled Lahilote?” The purpose of this study is to describe the use of language variation by the students with a physical disability at ES in retelling a folklore entitled Lahilote
Summary
Human’s life is inseparable from a language due to the function of language in their activities. A language, as the communication tool, is having particular functions in interacting with other people in which they can deliver their ideas by using a language that is in line with Pateda (2009) who notes that language is one’s systemic statement, thought, willingness, and feeling resulted from the organ of speech and used in the communication process. Apart from functioning as the tool of communication, a language is unifying all society’s elements in every region as well as being a link in interaction process. Language speaker has different backgrounds such as region, culture, social status in the community, education level, job and its position, profession, and the role of the environment, so that it can lead to the variation of a language. Linguistics and non-linguistics factors determine the use of language variation in communication process. Pateda (2008) states that language as a communication tool is complicated, and the use of it is influenced by the place, time, context and with whom we are communicating with
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