Language and Social Class: The Differences Between Traditional Market and Mall

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10.2991/assehr.k.200406.046How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Indonesian language, mall, social class, Sundanese, traditional market

Abstract

This study investigated some features of language use in two contexts: traditional markets and modern market, or more commonly known as malls. The data of language use and physical appearance as the class markers were gathered through observation and interviews with the traditional market and the mall in one of a large city in Indonesia. The findings show that in terms of language use, there were no significant differences found. This is probably due to the proximity in the location of the traditional market and the mall; that is, both are located in the relative distance to the dense population of the city. However, in terms of physical appearance, the visitors of the traditional market and the mall showed rather telling cases in displaying their social class.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yanty Wirza
AU  - Gentania Dewi Famela
AU  - Nurajijah
AU  - Nurul Nahdiyah Widiani
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/04/09
TI  - Language and Social Class: The Differences Between Traditional Market and Mall
BT  - Proceedings of the Twelfth Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 229
EP  - 231
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200406.046
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200406.046
ID  - Wirza2020
ER  -