LANGUAGE CHOICE OF MEMBERS OF RESIMEN MAHASISWA OF UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
A THESIS
BY
ALTENA TARIGAN
REG.NO : 110705088
DEPARTEMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for the Sarjana Sastra Examination.
Head, Secretary,
Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, MA.Ph.D
Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirement for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara.
The examination is held in the Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on July, 11th, 2015
Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies
University of Sumatera Utara
Dr. H. Syahron Lubis, M.A
NIP. 19511013 197603 1 001
Board of Examiners
Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S ………..
Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A, Ph.D ………..
Dr. H. Syahron Lubis, M.A ………..
Dr. Eddy Setia, M.Ed. TESP ………..
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, I would thank to my Almighty God, Jesus Christ who always bless and love me abundantly. Thank my God because You have shown me Your way to step in Your Truth forever in my life. Yesterday I was lost but now and forever, I belong to You. Thank you for blessing me in finishing my study in Department of English, University of Sumatera Utara and especially for my thesis which entitled Language Choice of Resimen Mahasiswa of University of Sumatera Utara.
I also would like to say thank to my Supervisor Dr. Ridwan Hanafiah, S.H, M.A who has given me much attention, contribution and supports with all his great patience and understanding to guide me to finish this thesis, and also to my Co-Supervisor, Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A, Ph.D for his constructive outcomes for this thesis.
My gratitude to all my lecturers in English Department who have taught me during my college with their love and patience. I also say big thank to Dr. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S, the Head of English Department, Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A, Ph.D for their attention to all my academic affairs, and Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A as the Dean of Faculty of Letters, University of Sumatera Utara and the staffs especially for Kak Tika and also friends for their helps.
My great gratitude to my lovely Parents, my daddy A. Tarigan and my mom K. br. Perangin-angin for their warm to love me and always support me, also to my sisters Adhe, Loren, and Ika. I love you all…
Special thanks to my friends (Beby, Flo, Evi, Camel, Elvi, Yudha) for their helps and their love. Also to all my friends in English Department as for all their guidance and prayer so that I can finish this thesis. I also want to give a big thanks for the members of Resimen Mahasiswa of University of Sumatera Utara which is they are have been be a part of my life, be a new family, and add the golden experience that I can’t forget it. I also want to give a special thanks to my best friend in my life (Andi) for teach me the hard life and never say give up.
I write this thesis in my limitation as a student of English Department, but I hope that this thesis can be used as constructive outcomes to anyone who read it.
Medan, 2015
Altena Tarigan
ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini berjudul Language Choice of members of Resimen Mahasiswa of University of Sumatera Utara, yang menganalisa mengenai hubungan bahasa antara komandan dengan anggota, anggota dengan komandan, dan antar sesama anggota dari Unit Kegiatan Mahasiswa: Resimen Mahasiswa Universitas Sumatera Utara. Data yang diidentifikasikan menurut teori Dell Hymes yaitu SPEAKING: setting, participant, and norm of interaction merupakan faktor yang dapat mempengaruhi pemilihan bahasa setiap orang. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Dengan melakukan observasi diikuti dengan pengisian angket merupakan hal penting untuk mendapatkan hasil analisis. Dari penelitian yang dilakukan, telah ditemukan bahwa ada hubungan yang sangat positif dalam pemilihan bahasa yang tergabung di ruang lingkup Resimen Mahasiswa Universitas Sumatera Utara antara komandan dengan anggota, anggota dengan komandan, dan antar sesama anggota. Dari hasil penelitian yang dilakukan oleh penulis bahwa hampir seluruh responden yang sangat setuju dengan hubungan positif terhadap pemilihan bahasa dan memilih untuk menggunakan pemilihan bahasa yang ada di Resimen Mahasiswa. Hal yang paling mendominasi dalam tesis ini adalah tentang bagaimana hubungan pemilihan bahasa antara komandan dengan anggota, anggota dengan komandan, dan antar sesama anggota dalam percakapan sehari-hari di ruang lingkup Resimen Mahasiswa. Dalam tesis ini juga membahas mengenai efek dari adanya pemilihan bahasa terhadap anggota dari Unit Kegiatan Mahasiswa:
Resimen Mahasiswa Universitas Sumatera Utara ini. Saya mengumpulkan data yang
berkaitan dengan skripsi saya, lalu memilih data yang akan dibahas dalam analisis saya. Saya sangat tertarik dalam membahas hal ini karena berbagai kasus yang terjadi di kalangan mahasiswa yang cenderung masih kurang menggunakan pemilihan bahasa dalam hal berbicara.
ABSTRACT
This thesis entitled Language Choice of members of Resimen Mahasiswa of University of Sumatera Utara, which analyzes the language relationship between commandant to members, members to commandant, and amongst members of the Unit Kegiatan Mahasiswa: Resimen Mahasiswa Universitas Sumatera Utara. The data identified according to the theory of Dell Hymes, SPEAKING: setting, participant, and norm of interaction also the basic factors that can influence the language choice for every person. The research method used id descriptive qualitative method, by doing observation followed by filling the questionnaire as an important foundation to get the results of the analysis. From the research conducted, it has been found that there is a very positive relationship of language choice is incorporated in the Resimen Mahasiswa environment between commandant to members, members to commandant, and amongst members. From the results of research conducted by the writer that almost of respondent who strongly agree with the positive relationship toward language choice and choose to use the language of
Resimen Mahasiswa. The most dominating thing in this thesis is about how the
relationship of language choice between commandant to members, members to commandant, and amongst members in daily communication in the Resimen
Mahasiswa environment. In this thesis also discusses the effect of the language
choice to members of the Unit Kegiatan Mahasiswa: Resimen Mahasiswa Universitas Sumatera Utara. I gathered the data that related to my thesis, and then select the data that will be discussed in my analysis. I am very interested in discussing this case because the various cases that occurred among students who are still less likely to use the terms of language choice.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ………... iv
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ……….... v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ………... vi
ABSTRAK ………... vii
ABSTRACT ………... viii
TABLE OF CONTENT ………... ix
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ... 1
1.1Background of study ... 1
1.2 Problem of the Study ... 4
1.3 Objective of the Study ... 4
1.4 Scope of the Study ... 5
1.5 Significance of the Study ... 5
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ... 7
2.1 Theoretical Background ... 7
2.1.1 Linguistic ... 7
2.1.2 Sociolinguistic ... 8
2.2 Language Use ... 10
2.3 Language Choice ... 11
2.4 Speech Community ... 12
2.4.1 Speaking ... 14
2.5 Language Attitude ... 15
2.6 Resimen Mahasiswa (MENWA) ... 16
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD ... 21
3.1 Research Design ... 21
3.2 Data and Data Source ... 23
3.4 Data Collection Producers ... 25
CHAPTER VI ANALYSIS AND FINDING ... 26
4.1Analysis ... 26
4.1.1 Verbal communication between commandant to members of Resimen Mahasiswa of University of Sumatera Utara ... 27
4.1.2 Verbal communication between members to commandant of Resimen Mahasiswa of University of Sumatera Utara ... 31
4.1.3 Verbal communication between members to members of Resimen Mahasiswa of University of Sumatera Utara ... 33
4.2 Finding ... 40
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 45
5.1 Conclusion ... 45
5.2 Suggestion ... 46
REFERENCES ... 48
