ATTITUDES TOWARD BAHASA PESISIR SIBOLGA
THESIS
Submitted to the English Applied Linguistics Study in Partial
Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Magister Humaniora
By
HARIS PUTRA LUBIS
Reg No : 809125008
ENGLISH APPLIED LINGUISTICS STUDY PROGRAM
STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDAN POSTGRADATE SCHOOL
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Lubis, Haris Putra. 809125008. Attitudes Towards Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga.
Sebuah Thesis. Jurusan Linguistics Terapan Bahasa Inggris. Pascasarjana UNIMED 2015.
Penelitian ini mengacu kepada Sikap Remaja di Sibolga terhadap Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga (Bahasa Baikko). Penelitian ini dilaksanakan dengan menggunakan metode Penelitian Descriptive Qualitative. Tujuan penelitian ini dilaksanakan adalah untuk, (1) menjabarkan bahasa apa sajakah yang digunakan oleh remaja Sibolga dalam berkomunikasi sehari-hari, (2) menggambarkan sikap yang dimiiki oleh remaja Sibolga terhadap Bahasa Baikko, (3) menjelaskan faktor-faktor remaja di Sibolga bersikap demikian terhadap Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga. Subjek penilitian berjumlah 20 siswa/i SMK Negeri 2 Sibolga, dimana mereka dibagi berdasarkan 4 Kecamatan yang ada di Sibolga, Sibolga Kota, Sibolga Utara, Sibolga Selatan dan Sibolga Sambas. Alat yang digunakan untuk penelitian ini adalah observasi,kuessioner, dan interview. Data yang pertama digunakan untuk menjawab pertanyaan Bahasa apa yang digunakan oleh remaja di Sibolga, dan bagaimana sikap mereka terhadap Bahasa Baikko. Lalu interview digunakan untuk menjawab pertanyaan mengapa para remaja tersebut memiliki sikap yang demikian terhadap Bahasa Pesisir Baiko. Ada delapan faktor yang mempengaruhi sikap kebahasaan seseorang, faktor sejarah, faktor sosial budaya, faktor politik, faktor ekonomi, faktor agama, faktor kesukuan, faktor kebijakan, dan faktor pekerjaan. Data yang telah diperoleh dianalisis berdasarkan langkah-langkah berikut, (1) memilih data-data yang relevan, (2) menampilkan data yang menjadi representasi Sikap Kebahasaan terhadap Bahasa Baikko, dan (3)Memverifikasi lalu (4) membuat kesimpulan. Hasil penilitian menunjukkan terdapat 12 siswa yang memiliki sikap postive dan 8 orang yang memiliki sikap negative terhadap Bahasa Baikko. Hal ini menunjukkan masih cukup tinggi sikap positive Remaja di Sibolga terhadap Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga.
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Lubis, Haris Putra. 809125008. Attitudes Towards Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga. A Thesis. English Applied Linguistic Study Program, State University of Medan, UNIMED 2015.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Acknowledgement ... i
Abstract ... iii
Table of Contents ... v
List of Pictures ... viii
List of Tables ... ix
List of Appendices ... x
CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Background of the Study ... 1
1.2 The Problem of the Study ... 8
1.3 The Objective of the Study ... 8
1.4 The Limitation of the Study ... 8
1.5 The Significance of the Study ... 9
CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Language Attitude ... 10
2.1.2 Component of Language Attitude……… ... 11
2.1.2.1 The Cognitive Aspect ... 12
2.1.2.2 The Affective Aspect ... 12
2.1.2.3 The Conative Aspect ... 16
2.2. Domain of Language Use ... 18
2.3 The Factors that Influence Language Attitude ... 21
2.3.1 Historical Factor ... 21
2.3.2 Socio – Cultural Factor ... 22
2.3.3 Political Factor ... 22
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2.3.5 Religion ... 23
2.3.6 Ethnicity ... 23
2.3.7 Language Policy ... 24
2.3.8 Occupation ... 24
2.4 Attitude Towards Vernacular Language ... 25
2.5. Types of Language Attitude ... 27
2.5.1 Positive Language Attitude ... 27
2.5.2 Negative Language Attitude ... 29
2.6. The Importance of Language Attitude ... 31
2.7 Bahasa Pesisir in Sibolga ... 33
2.7 Relevant Studies ... 38
2.8 Conceptual Framework ... 40
CHAPTER III : METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH 3.1. Research Design ... 41
3.2. The Source of Data ... 41
3.2.1.Data Collection ... 42
3.2.1.1. Observation ... 42
3.2.1.2. Questionnaire ... 42
3.2.1.3. Interview ... 43
3.3. The Subject of the Study ... 44
3.4. The Technique of Data Analysis ... 44
3.4.1. Data Reduction ... 45
3.4.2. Data Display ... 45
3.4.3. Verifying and Drawing Conclusion ... 46
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DATA ANALYSIS, FINDING AND DISCUSSION ... 51
4.1. Data Analysis ... 51
4.1.1.The Languages Spoken by the Teenagers of Sibolga in Daily Life. ... 52
4.1.2. The Attitudes of the Teenagers in Sibolga toward Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga. ... 53
4.1.3. The Categories of Positive Language Attitude ... 56
4.1.3.1. Language loyalty ... 56
4.1.3.2. Language Pride ... 57
4.1.3.3 Awareness of the Norm ... 58
4.1.4. Attitude towards Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga at Home Domain ... 59
4.1.5. Attitude towards Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga at School Domain ... 61
4.1.6. Attitude towards Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga at the Environment Domain ... 64
4.1.7. Attitudes towards Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga Based on Family Background ... 65
4.2. Findings ... 67
4.3. Discussions ... 69
CHAPTER V CONCLUSSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ... 74
5.1 Conclussions ... 74
5.2 Suggestions ... 75
Reference ... 76
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
I.1. The Background of the Study
Language defines who the person is and what linguistic and a social group he/she belongs to. Language is a classified system of communication that is carried out by means of sounds and symbols. Language defines the cultural identity, which makes it crucial for a person to know his language well, and to identify with a group of people of common language. Language is the principle means used by human being to communicate with one another.
Language has an important role in communication. The role of communication can not be separated from the social context and culture. Every human being has their own Mother Language as the main medium of communication on their country. The role of Mother Language can not be separated from the context of socio and culture. In Indonesia, there is not only Mother Language, every human being in Indonesia has National Language, it is Bahasa Indonesia which is functioning to unity the multicultural ethnic societies on the communication system. It shows that language has defined the cultural identity.
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construct this multicultural nation, the ethnic language affected the societies not only from communication effect but also on the norm, culture, economic, religion, and education in Indonesia. So that it is important to maintain the all ethnic languages on Indonesia on each context of life.
Most of Indonesian societies are bilingual, but in fact, many vernaculars in Indonesia are shifted and even endangered. Safriandi (2010) stated, there are 174 of 746 vernaculars in Indonesia are endangered and 14 of them are lost. Only 13 vernaculars have more than one million language users. They are Java language, Batak language, Bali language, Minang language, Madura language, Bugis language, Aceh Language etc.
Saut Poltak Tambunan (Kompas, 2013:6 in Muhammad Rohmadi in Kongress Internasional Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia 2014) stated that there are not many people in Indonesia who care about the information from the Minister of Education and Culture on 2011 which is informed that 90 % of ethnic languages are on the endangered situation on last of 21 century. Further information, from 746 ethnic languages, there will be only 10 % of ethnic languages or 75 ethnic languages which can be existed in Indonesia.
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Indonesia, toward the young generation, nowadays, most of young generations are tend to speak Bahasa Indonesia than their vernaculars. The challenge is should be anticipated with a good plan, conceptual and intellectual, and wise treatment. The challenge could be come internally and externally. The intern challenge is coming from the speakers of the vernaculars itself, and the extern challenge is coming from the globalization, information and technology.
In the case of Sibolga, as one of city in North Sumatera has a jargon “KOTA BERBILANG KAUM”. It means that Sibolga is a multiethnic region; it is consisted of Tobanese, Mandailingnese, Javanese, Padangnese, Chinese, Karonese, Malaynese, etc. The globalization has also affected the movement of Sibolga societies, even it is in social, economics, politics and further their vernaculars.
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(Oxford Dictionary). Fishman (1965) defined domains as total interactional contexts of communication, such as the home, work, school, church, etc. The writer also assumed that Bahasa Baikko has no longer spoken on every domain of language use.
The using of foreign language has also influence the young generation especially on the school domain, where there are many English contests, and English clubs in Sibolga. The increasing of the using Bahasa Indonesia in Sibolga has affected to the using of Bahasa Baikko in Sibolga, such as words, “ta’uti,
ta’ajo, ungon, teta, mak tanga, mak uwo, cecek,” are rarely used nowadays. Most
of those words are replaced by word Indonesian, such as “kakak ipar, abang ipar,
kamu, kakak, uwak, tante, kakak”. It shows that there is a phenomenon of less of
the using of Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga on certain domain. Nowadays, Bahasa Baikko is only spoken on the traditional ceremony of Sibolganese societies or family domain. This indication is very risky for the existence Baikko.
Based on this situation, the writer is interested to find out the phenomenon of Bahasa Baikko. The writer assumes that most of the young generation nation nowadays have negative attitude towards BPS.
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television and other social media. Third, migration process has affected to the using of Baikko.etc.
In refers to those above, it has a strong relationship with Language Attitude. An attitude is an expression of favor or disfavor toward a person, place, thing, or event (the attitude object). (Fasold 1984: 148). Attitudes are crucial in language growth or decay, restoration or destruction: the status and importance of a language in society and within an individual derives largely from adopted or learnt attitudes. In accordance to attitudes, Baker (1992) stated, attitudes are an important part of language life. Therefore, a closer look at language attitudes might help to reveal characteristic patterns of minority language retention. Further, Anderson (1974), there are two types of language attitude, namely: language toward attitudes and language toward non attitudes. Language toward attitudes is defined as long beliefs about language or object of language that gives one`s tendency to behave as s/ he likes. It may happen in positive and negative sides. Positive attitude means we view the certain language as a good side or give a high value of the language, whereas negative means that we view the certain language as a low value.
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integration into mainstream society, they may develop negative attitudes towards their language (Unesco:2003).
Sneddon (2003) says that the pressure of Indonesian to local languages is very great and leads to their endangerment. It implies that the speakers' loyalty to their vernacular is in challenge. Moreover, Musgrave (2009) states that using the national language could be viewed as a mark of good citizenship. It implies that there is a high pressure to the use of Bahasa Baikko.
To this, there are two indications of Bahasa Baikko usage can be taken into consideration; when they have high loyalty, it means they maintain their vernacular. But when their attitude shows negative or less respectful to their vernacular, it means their language may be altered by another one or in another word their local language is shifted. As stated by Yusri (2011) attitude towards a language refers to the perception of a community towards that language. Therefore it has a tendency to react in a certain way either positive or negative.
According to Edwards (1985:71-72), there are some indications of ongoing language shift. First, the language is lost its basis of domain and the number of language users’ decrease. It means that the language no longer use in family domain as the basis domain. Second, the majority language become dominant on minority language and endanger on the minority language. Majority language replaces the minority language in every domain. Third, the minority language is used only in the rural than in the urban area.
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may be social(e.g. a mixed marriage in which deemed appropriate to use only the dominant language, often the language of the father in the home), economic ( the dominant language is the language used in workplace), or political (use of the ancestral language is forbidden). Language attitudes can contribute to the stability of language use in the contact with a dominant language, when such attitudes are positive or negative. By the fact that language contact is interpersonal, the changes that result affect much more than the language, though they are evident on the surface of the language as well. The introduction of technology, for example, will show up in a linguistic change, but it will likely show up in many other societal changes as well, some obvious and some subtle (Kaplan and Baldauf, 1997).
In Sibolga, Bahasa Indonesia becomes the dominant language. Bahasa Indonesia has been used in the family domain. It means that Bahasa Baikko has lost its basis of domain. When there is no serious attention from societies of Sibolga to maintain Bahasa Baikko, it will be on endangered and if it is no longer spoken anywhere, it will be lost.
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national culture. The death of Bahasa Baikko may cause the death of Sibolga ethnic also.
I.2. The Problems of the Study
Based on the background of the study, the problems are formulated as the following:
1. What languages do the teenagers of Sibolga speak on their daily life activities?
2. How is the attitude of the teenagers in Sibolga toward Bahasa Baikko? 3. Why do they have such attitude?
1.3 The Objectives of the Study
In relation to the problems of the study, the objectives of this research are, (1) to describe the languages spoken by teenagers of Sibolga in their daily
life.
(2) to describe the attitude of teenagers in Sibolga towards Bahasa Baikko. (3) to explain the reasons of why the teenagers’ have such attitude towards
PBS.
1.4. The Scope of the Study
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choose them on two different ways, whether 20 teenagers as students of senior high school from SMK Negeri 2 Sibolga will choose, and they will divide into 4 groups based on the regions in Sibolga, namely Sibolga Kota, Sibolga Selatan, Sibolga Sambas and Sibolga Utara. In this research, the researcher will focus only to describe the attitude of the teenagers on Sibolga toward Bahasa Baikko.
There are three main aspects will be observed in this study. First, the languages that use on the basis of domain language use on teenagers on Sibolga. Second, attitude of teenagers in Sibolga toward Bahasa Baikko. Third, reasons or factors that influence the attitude of the teenagers in Sibolga to have that attitude.
1.5 The Significance of the Study
Findings of the study are expected to be useful and relevant theoretically and practically.
Theoretically, the findings of the study are expected to provide new contribution to the theory of language attitude towards vernacular language. In addition, the findings are expected to add more horizons in language planning issues.
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CHAPTER V
CONCLUSSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
5.1 Conclussions
The study concerned on the attitudes of teenagers who lived in Sibolga towards Bahasa
Pesisir Sibolga in Sibolga. After deliberately analyzing the data, the conclusions are stated as
follows:
1.
There are three languages which were used by the teenagers of Sibolga. They were
Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga and Bahasa Batak. They used those languages
in different domain of language use, namely Family Domain, Friendship Domain,
Education Domain and Religion Domain. Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga was dominantly used by
the teenagers in Friendship Domain and family domain. Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga was not
dominantly used in education domain and religion domain.
2.
There are more of the teenagers in Sibolga who show positive attitudes towards Bahasa
Pesisir Sibolga. There are 60% of respondents show positive attitude and 40% of
respondents show negative attitude.
3.
There are three factors that underlie the positive attitude towards the use of Bahasa
Pesisir Sibolga, namely language loyalty, language pride and language awareness of
norm. Among the three factors, language pride is the dominant factor that underlies the
teenagers in Sibolga to use Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga. They consider the language to be their
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5.2 Suggestions
In relation to the conclusion, the followings are suggested.
1.
It is suggested to the parents of teenagers in Sibolga to keep speaking Bahasa
Pesisir Sibolga in the daily communication. The habit of using Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga
affects their children language acquisition. Certainly, the children can learn the
language from their parents. It is one way to maintain Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga as an
identity of Sibolganese societies, especially by the teenagers as the next generation of
Sibolga.
2.
It is suggested to local government and language center t o apply a program of
revising Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga shift to keep maintain Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga by
publishing books about Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga and by encouraging the love of
the youth on the use of Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga through performing a story telling
competition, and writing competition on Bahasa Pesisir Sibolga and
3.
It is a l s o suggested to language researchers to d o f u r t h e r research about Bahasa
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