Indoglish in Social Media Platforms and Its Significance as a National Language Planning Material
Study of Language Attitudes of Young Generation in the Digital Age
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.201201.168How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Indoglish, Language planning, Language attitudes, Social media platforms
- Abstract
Indoglish is a distinctive and unique form of language and is a blend of English and Indonesian. The purpose of this study is to describe the language attitudes of the younger generation in the digital era towards the phenomenon of indoglish in social media platforms and to expose its significance as a material for national language planning. This is a descriptive qualitative research using the methods of interpretation by presenting the data in the form of descriptive words. The research data comes from various written languages obtained from Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. The data collection used the observation method with reading and note-taking techniques. The data analysis technique was carried out through data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The study results showed that the language attitudes of the young people towards Indoglish on social media platforms and its significance as a material for national language planning includes: (1) expressing words that does not exist in Indonesian language, (2) providing semantic adequacy, (3) fulfilling a certain register, (4) willingness to accept English vocabulary, and (5) showing personal identity.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Khusnul Khotimah AU - Farid Pribadi AU - Mintowati AU - Anas Ahmadi PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/03 TI - Indoglish in Social Media Platforms and Its Significance as a National Language Planning Material BT - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities (IJCAH 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 998 EP - 1007 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201201.168 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.201201.168 ID - Khotimah2020 ER -