Bòsò Walikan Malang’s address practices

Address practices in natural conversations are sociolinguistically significant, because they display speakers’ socio-cultural values as well as the community’s social structure and social change. Focusing on Bòsò Walikan Malang1 (/bɔsɔ waliʔan malaŋan/, hereafter referred to as Walikan), a youth...

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Main Authors: Yannuar, Nurenzia, Iragiliati, Emalia, Zen, Evynurul Laily
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
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spelling ukm-106612017-09-11T02:29:58Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10661/ Bòsò Walikan Malang’s address practices Yannuar, Nurenzia Iragiliati, Emalia Zen, Evynurul Laily Address practices in natural conversations are sociolinguistically significant, because they display speakers’ socio-cultural values as well as the community’s social structure and social change. Focusing on Bòsò Walikan Malang1 (/bɔsɔ waliʔan malaŋan/, hereafter referred to as Walikan), a youth language spoken in Malang, this paper examines how address terms and politeness are practiced in a multilingual setting. Walikan is a colloquial variety of local Javanese and Indonesian that features word reversing (mlaku > uklam ‘to walk’; makan > nakam ‘to eat’). The youth language was specifically chosen as the focus of this study because it is an important symbol of the socio-cultural identity of the Arema (Arek Malang; the people of Malang). Looking at the underexplored topic of speech levels in youth language, the current research discusses the value of Walikan’s address terms and how they are currently used to demonstrate the speakers’ linguistic politeness. The analysis compares Walikan’s address terms with those of Javanese and Indonesian, two dominant languages spoken in the area. Data for the current study were drawn from recordings, interviews, and observations conducted in an extensive fieldwork. The results of this study reveal a speakers’ shift of value that is mainly prompted by a compromised common ground and social distance. The study argues that address practices in Walikan show different degree of politeness than that of Javanese and Indonesian. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10661/1/11632-48028-2-PB.pdf Yannuar, Nurenzia and Iragiliati, Emalia and Zen, Evynurul Laily (2017) Bòsò Walikan Malang’s address practices. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 17 (1). pp. 107-123. ISSN 1675-8021 http://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/issue/view/897
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description Address practices in natural conversations are sociolinguistically significant, because they display speakers’ socio-cultural values as well as the community’s social structure and social change. Focusing on Bòsò Walikan Malang1 (/bɔsɔ waliʔan malaŋan/, hereafter referred to as Walikan), a youth language spoken in Malang, this paper examines how address terms and politeness are practiced in a multilingual setting. Walikan is a colloquial variety of local Javanese and Indonesian that features word reversing (mlaku > uklam ‘to walk’; makan > nakam ‘to eat’). The youth language was specifically chosen as the focus of this study because it is an important symbol of the socio-cultural identity of the Arema (Arek Malang; the people of Malang). Looking at the underexplored topic of speech levels in youth language, the current research discusses the value of Walikan’s address terms and how they are currently used to demonstrate the speakers’ linguistic politeness. The analysis compares Walikan’s address terms with those of Javanese and Indonesian, two dominant languages spoken in the area. Data for the current study were drawn from recordings, interviews, and observations conducted in an extensive fieldwork. The results of this study reveal a speakers’ shift of value that is mainly prompted by a compromised common ground and social distance. The study argues that address practices in Walikan show different degree of politeness than that of Javanese and Indonesian.
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author Yannuar, Nurenzia
Iragiliati, Emalia
Zen, Evynurul Laily
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Iragiliati, Emalia
Zen, Evynurul Laily
Bòsò Walikan Malang’s address practices
author_facet Yannuar, Nurenzia
Iragiliati, Emalia
Zen, Evynurul Laily
author_sort Yannuar, Nurenzia
title Bòsò Walikan Malang’s address practices
title_short Bòsò Walikan Malang’s address practices
title_full Bòsò Walikan Malang’s address practices
title_fullStr Bòsò Walikan Malang’s address practices
title_full_unstemmed Bòsò Walikan Malang’s address practices
title_sort bòsò walikan malang’s address practices
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2017
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10661/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10661/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10661/1/11632-48028-2-PB.pdf
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