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The Trend of Language Use among Netizens in Instagram “aslisuroboyo” Account

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Slamet Setiawan, Fatma Rahayu Nita
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Slamet Setiawan
Available Online July 2018.
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10.2991/soshec-18.2018.82How to use a DOI?
Keywords
language use; code mixing & switching; prestige; indigenous language
Abstract

In multilingual communities, Surabaya-Indonesia is one of them, people commonly use at least two languages, indigenous and national languages. Due to the Javanese is the greatest ethnic group in Surabaya and Javanese is the most spoken, people still use Javanese language to communicate. However, an interesting phenomenon is detected in Instagram of “aslisuroboyo” account. Surprisingly, English is also frequently used by Netizens. Thus, this study tries to reveal the dominant language use and the reasons for the use of English in this account. Using netnography and virtual interview, the data were obtained. The results show that the Javanese was mostly used. However, the netizens were detected to use the English as well in the form of code- mixing. It is also revealed that women had a tendency to mix their languages while men did not. Some Javanese informants confessed that the use of English is for gaining prestige. This may suggest that the Javanese language has been losing its power to boost its users’ self-esteem in global- digital communication particularly in its written mode. Tactful instruction of the Javanese language should be made in order that this indigenous language can win the floor in written communication for its speakers.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Conference: Establishing Identities through Language, Culture, and Education (SOSHEC 2018)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
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July 2018
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978-94-6252-585-6
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2352-5398
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10.2991/soshec-18.2018.82How to use a DOI?
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© 2018, 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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