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Language Maintenance in Website: Using Padangnese Language in Kaskus.com

(Padang Regional Community)

(Mini Research)

Sukowi Rangga

0611134

SUBMITTED AS PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR

SOCIOLINGUISTIC COURSE AT THE ENGLISH DEPARTEMENT OF HIGHER

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEKNOKRAT BANDAR LAMPUNG 2011


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ABSTRACT

Language Maintenance in Website: Using Padangnese Language in Kaskus.com

(Padang Regional Community)

Sukowi Rangga

06111134

The author through this mini research have a genuine affection to reviewing asimple specific research about language maintenance in website and also try to showthe synchronize the theory of Sociolinguistics especially in a terms of LanguageMaintenace with the object of this research, the terms of Language Maintenace which ishave been elaborated by Wardraugh and Milroy, will be the guidance theory which isused by the author to describe, explain, and evaluate the phenomena of LanguageMaintenance in Website and for the object of this research the author has beenchoose Padangnese language and Kaskus.com (padang regional community) as a dataand data source of this research. This contribution are designed to promote anunderstanding about the Language Maintenace especially a language maintenance inwebsite.


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CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1. Background of the Study

Indonesia is a multicultural country with a large number of both geography

and population, and because of this Indonesia have very large number of

languages are spoken within its territory like Javanese language, Bataknese

language, Sundanese language, Malay language, Padangnese language, and

also the thousand language which is some of them are still maintained well until

this era. Historically, multilingualism was and is the norm in many parts of the

archipelago, and common even in areas where one language dominates.

The emergence of a unitary state with a national language after the

Indonesian's proclamation has exerted pressure towards greater uniformity, but

the shifts which are taking place are best viewed as changing patterns of

multilingualism, rather than as shifts of large populations from one language to

another. Such shifts in patterns of language use are occurring throughout the

nation, and are resulting in threats to the viability of some languages, especially

in the part of the small region which is have a small speaker populations that still

use their own languages, the large number populations of ethnolinguistic

communities are concentrated in the middle and west of indonesia, where

several languages have speaker numbers in the millions this fact are followed by

the number of culuture variation in the west, according to Badan Pusat Statistik

Indonesia 2011;


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[1] Aceh 4 486 570

[2] Sumatera Utara 12 985 075

[3] Sumatera Barat 4 845 998

[4] Riau 5 543 031

[5] Jambi 3 088 618

[6] Sumatera Selatan 7 446 401

[7] Bengkulu 1 713 393

[8] Lampung 7 596 115

[9] Bangka Belitung 1 223 048[10] Kepulauan Riau 1 685 698

[11] DKI Jakarta 9 588 198

[12] Jawa Barat 43 021 826

[13] Jawa Tengah 32 380 687

[14] DI Yogyakarta 3 452 390

[15] Jawa Timur 37 476 011

[16] Banten 644 030

[17] Bali 3 891 428

[18] Nusa Tenggara 4 496 855

[19] Nusa Tenggara 4 679 316

[20] Kalimantan Barat 4 393 239

[21] Kalimantan Tengah 2 202 599

[22] Kalimantan Selatan 3 626 119

[23] Kalimantan Timur 3 550 586

[24] Sulawesi Utara 2 265 937

[25] Sulawesi Tengah 2 633 420

[26] Sulawesi Selatan 8 032 551

[27] Sulawesi Tenggara 2 230 569

[28] Gorontalo 1 038 585

[29] Sulawesi Barat 1 158 336

[30] Maluku 1 531 402

[31] Maluku Utara 1 035 478

[32] Papua Barat 760 855

[33] Papua 2 851 999

I N D O N E S I A 237 556 363

There is a very significant linguistic divide between the western part of Indonesia

and the eastern part of the nation, this linguistic divide naturally has consequences for

sociolinguistic change. In the development of technology and communication in

Indonesia, the use of internet as a media of communication has already very familiar, all

the people are connected in a social networks that linked by a broad array of electronic,

this activity usually done in a form of voice, audio-visual or text, one of popular

communication in internet are provided in a form of social networking website that

usually known as a web service in internet is social networking website, this service are

developed progressively in order to overcome many variations of people needs about

communication on internet in the development of this world.


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There are a lot of both language variation and community in a website, this things

are occured because of the large number of people diversity who visit a website, such

as the diversity of cultures, nation, social class, etc, bi/multilingual people will have a

boarder language community than the people who only can use a single language,

some people may choose to use an international language like English, Arabian, or

Mandarin, another people people may likely use a national or regional language, its all

will be depen on their abillity in using the language and also with whom they speak, the

role of regional language, the domination of international/national language which is

used in website has leading the role of regional language in website become

increasingly smaller, but there are some of people from regional community still try to

conserve their own language, this phenomena is also occured in a social networking

community, some of them are use several popular website in internet like facebook,

friendster, my space, yahoo, etc, Indonesia also have a popular local site which is have

a large number of member, Kaskus.com, which is has been determined by the author to

be a source of data in this research is the one of the most popular website especially

social networking site in indonesia, and Kaskus padang regional community is the one

of group of people especially padangnese people which is use a regional language

(padangnese language) in conducting a conversation in website in order to cultivate

their own language, specificly in website community.

This phenomena has been stimulates the author to conducting a linguistic research

using this object, Kaskus Regional Padang, which is has been determied as an object of

this research,has an important role to connected the communication between

padangnese people, and based on my hypothesis this media can give a positive


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contribution towards the language maintenance in web service, Sociolinguistic and

Lanuage Maintenance has been the authors choice that will be used as a parameter of

this research, and through this research the author will try to connects the terms of

language maintenance and the object of phenomena.

1.1 Formulation of the problem

How does Padangnese language can be maintained in Kaskus.com Padang

regional community?

1.2 Objective of Study

It becomes the target of the writer to meet this result below after concluding the

discussion in this research. Therefore, the objectives of this research is to describe how

does the terms of language maintenance can be form in Kaskus.com Padang regional

community through the research of the phenomena of using Padangnese language in

that social community.

1.3 Uses of study

1.3.1 Theoretical Uses

Through this research, in terms of theory the author hope the reader will have a

better understanding about the concept & value of language maintenance especially in

website and another digital community.

1.3.2 Practical Uses

In practical uses the author hope this study can make the reader being able to adapt

their ability in practicing the principles of Language Maintenace towards the


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communication on the internet and also have an eligibility to adjust and distinguish

where & when these principles are needed or not.

1.4 Scope of study

To avoid out-scoping materials to be discussed, the writer arranges the composition

below as an outline that will be used to formulate this research;

A. Object data. to help the author to get the data of this research easily, the author

will use one of popular social networking website in Indonesia that is

Kaskus.com, and Padangnese language as the one of the familiar language in

Indonesia.

B. Theory. to prove the hypothesis of these phenomena, the author will use

Sociolinguistics and language variety & register as a main theory that become an

authors guidance in conduct this research.


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CHAPTER TWO

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

The writer has employed theory and concepts in composing this research which

is would give the author referent to solve the formulation of problems that composed the

first chapter. as the name suggests, the terms of Language maintenace have been

explained well and specificly by Wardraugh and Milroy, this is become the reason why

the author choose Herbert Paul Grice as an expert of this research.

2.1. Sociolinguistics

2.2. Language Maintenance


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CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter aims to provide an overview of the data & data source,

methodological approaches and research design selected for application to this

research.

3.1 Research Design and Research Methodology

A research methodology references the procedural rules for the evaluation of

research claims and the validation of the knowledge gathered, while research design

functions as the research blueprint (Creswell, 2003). Cooper and Schindler (1998)

maintain that the determination of the research methodology is one of the more

important challenges which that confronts the researcher, In essence, the research

activity is a resource consumptive one, and must maintain its purposeful or functional

activity through the justification of resource expenditure. In other words, given that

research is ultimately defined as constructive, the resources that it utilizes must fulfil

explicit purposes and withstand critical scrutiny. Research methodology occupies a

position of unique importance. A methodology does not simply frame a study but it

identifies the research tools and strategies (i.e. resources) that will be employed, and

relates their use to specified research aims.


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3.2 Data and Data Source

The author use FAQ & web service as a data & data source, this data will

become an object of this research in a field of linguistics study especially in study of

language phylosophy which is have been concepted by Paul Grice in the Concept of

Cooperative Principle, the form of communication that used in FAQ which is formed in a

composition of Question & Answer will corelated to the patterns of Grice's Cooperative

Principle, FAQ and Web Service which is have been mentioned above, is a part of

communication media in Internet, the author through the passage below will describe

the explanation about FAQ and Web Service. i.e.

3.2.1 FAQ

According to Russ. H (2010): Frequently asked questions is a list of questions

and answers in web service that supposed to be commonly asked in some context,

and pertaining to a particular topic.

3.2.2 Web Service

W3C (World Wide Web Consortium, non-profite official site) in Benslimane,

Schahram, and Amit defines: Web service is a software system that designed to support

interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. It has an interface

described in a machine-processable format (specifically Web Services Description

Language WSDL). Other systems interact with the Web service in a manner prescribed

by its description using SOAP messages, typically conveyed using HTTP with an XML

serialization in conjunction with other Web-related standards.


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3.2.2.1 List of Web Service (Data Source)

The author will use a popular website to help the author get the data easily,

those website are determined based on Alexa.com, 2011 (an official website that active

in auditing website traffic data) i.e.

1. Google.com

2. Youtube.com

3. Yahoo.com

3.3. Data Collecting Technique

In holding this research, the author will use a several method to collect the data

needed. The observation will be conducted on the data source as have been mentioned

before, and for this things, the author will take some procedure that will be described in

the following steps:

1. Accessing web service such as have been chosen before,

2. Find FAQ service inside, and choose a form of Question & Answer as needed.

3. Print it in a form of Microsoft XPS (a freeware virtual printer (print to file driver) for

Microsoft Windows that creates an XPS document file from the print output of an

application),

4. Save the data in disk driver.


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3.3 Data Analyzing Technique

In the process of analyzing the data, this paper requires these phases below:

1. Read the data (text).

2. Creating a connection between the data and the theory used.

3. Describing an interpretation, which data that implements Grice's Cooperative

Principle, and find an important part to be discussed.

4. Scoping the data to be discussed and specifies the theory that will be used to

analyze the data.

5. Doing a deepest interpretation to all required matters from the data resources to

answer the formulation of the problems which is has been concepted before in

the Chapter I.


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CHAPTER FOUR

ANALYZING

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