PEMAKAIAN BAHASA JAWA OLEH PENUTUR BAHASA JAWA DI KOTA BONTANG KALIMANTAN TIMUR

Abstract

The study of language in relation with social factors is very fascinating. The migration of inhabitants of one province into another causes the interaction between visitors and local population within the community, that results language contact. The research aims at describing the Javanese language usage of Javanese speech community in Bontang, East Kalimantan. The theories used in this study are bilingualism introduced by W.F. Mackey (1972) code stated by Wardaugh (1986), and ethnicity and social networks by Holmes (2001). This descriptive research uses the Sociolinguistic approach and it is field research. The research design applied in this study is qualitative. Observation and interviews are the methods used in collecting data. In analyzing data, the researcher used correlation to finds the usage of Javanese language code used by Javanese speech community in Bontang.