HOW TEENAGERS PERCEIVE LANGUAGE AS A PART OF CULTURE: PROTOTYPE SEMANTIC APPROACH

Authors

  • Muhammad Hafiz Kurniawan Universitas Ahmad Dahlan
  • Syihabuddin Syihabuddin Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33884/basisupb.v8i2.4481

Keywords:

Perspective of culture, teenagers, position of language, prototype semantics

Abstract

Indonesia is known to have countless varieties of cultures because Indonesia consists of many tribes and languages. Bahasa Indonesia as the national language faces the new threat from the code mixing slang such as kids jaman now, mantap soul, unfaedah, and curigation which is so popular among the teenagers. This research aims to know the perspective of culture among the teenagers by using a semantic prototype which has a focus to know the grade of goodness. This semantic prototype in this research uses two methods in collecting the data, first is using free listing and the second is judging the examples of categorizations to evaluate which of the categories included as culture was positioned among others prototypically. The respondents of this research are 47 respondents for the first method and 52 respondents for the second method and their age range from 18-20 years old. The other questions are also asked to the respondents related to their knowledge about culture. The result of this research is that culture is seen to be something performable on stage such as traditional dance and costume, rites, and music and ironically language in this case is only in 6th position in the first method and 4th position in the second method. Although the position of language changes the acknowledgment of language as an integral part of culture is still low in number.

References

Abdurrahman, N. H. (2020). Perception towards the code-mixing of Bahasa Indonesia and English. CAPEU Journal of Education, 1(1), 21–30.
Ahdiani, U., & Kurniawan, M. H. (2020). The concept of successful college student in Yogyakarta. Journal Basis, 7(1), 67–79. http://ejournal.upbatam.ac.id/index.php/basis/article/view/1801
Ahdiani, U., & Kurniawan, M. H. (2018). Prototype semantics of the concept of word ‘kuuliah’ among college students. In H. Kustanto (Ed.), the 4th Hamzanwadi International Conference on Education: Elevating Human Resouruces through Education, Language, and Culture (pp. 140–150). Universitas Hamzanwadi.
Akmajian, A., Demers, R. A., Farmer, A. K., & Harnish, R. M. (2010). Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication (6th ed.). MIT Press.
Albantani, A. M., & Madkur, A. (2018). Think globally, act locally: the strategy of incorporating local wisdom in foreign language teaching in Indonesia. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature, 7(2), 1–8.
Amrullah, L. (2018). Semantic prototype of Indonesian staple foods. Litera, 17(2), 153–161.
Arifin, E. Z. (2015). Implementasi Pasal 36 Undang-Undang Bahasa. Jurnal Pujangga, 1(2), 1–23.
Bharara, G., Duncan, S., Aaron, J., & Hiunckson, E. (2019). A prototype analysis of New Zealand adolescents’ conceptualizations of wellbeing. International Journal of Wellbeing, 9(4), 1–25.
Coleman, L., & Kay, P. (1981). Prototype semantics: The English word lie. Language, 57(1), 26–44.
Cruse, D. . (2014). Prototype theory and lexical semantics. In S. L. Tsohatzidis (Ed.), Meanings and Prototypes: Studies in Linguistics Categorization (pp. 382–402). Routledge.
Eriksen, T. H. (2006). What is Anthropology? Pluto Press.
Fehr, B., & Russell, J. A. (1991). The concept of love viewed from a prototype perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60(3), 425–438.
Fermansyah, V. D. (2017). Saking kocaknya! 6 bahasa kids jaman now ini taka da di kamus, nomor 3 bikin gregetan. Tribunnews. http://m.tribunnews.com/amp/lifestyle/2017/12/09/saking-kocaknya-6-bahasa-kids-jaman-now-ini-tak-ada-di-kamus-nomor-3-bikin-gregetan?page=4.
Hampton, J. A. (2016). Categories, prototypes and exemplars. In N. Riemer (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Semantics (pp. 125–141). Routledge.
Holmes, J. (2013). Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Wellington.
Isnaeni, M. (2017). Kids jaman now. Media Indonesia. http://mediaindonesia.com/read/detail/129472-kids-jaman-now.
Jiang, W. (2000). No Title). the relationship between culture and language. ELT Journal, 54(4), 328–334.
Kirkpatrick, A. (2012). English in Asean: implications for regional multilingualism. Journal of Multiligual and Multicultural Development, 33(4), 331–344.
Lacey, J. (2013). Considerations on English as a global lingua franca. Political Studies Review. https://doi.org/doi: 10.1111/1478-9302.12004
Lambert, N. M., Graham, S. M., & Fincham, F. D. (2009). A Prototype analysis of gratitude: Varieties of gratitude. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35(9), 1193–1207.
Lehrer, A. (2014). Prototype theory and its implications for lexical analysis. In S. L. Tsohatzidis (Ed.), Meanings and Prototypes: Studies in Linguistics Categorization (pp. 368–381). Routledge.
Matsumoto, D., & Juang, L. (2003). Culture and psychology. Wordsworth Publsihing.
May, R. W., & Fincham, F. D. (2018). Deity representation: A prototype approach. Archieve for The Psychology of Religion, 40(2–3), 258–286.
May, S. (2015). The problem with English(es) and linguistic (in)justice. Addressing the limits of liberal egalitarian accounts of language. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 18(2), 131–148.
Moeliono, A. (1985). Pengembangan dan pembinaan bahasa: Ancangan alternatif di dalam perencanaan bahasa. Djambatan.
Moore, J. D. (2009). Visions of culture: An introduction to anthropological theories and theorists (3rd Ed.). Altamira Press.
Onishi, N. (2010). As English spreads, Indonesians fear for their language. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/world/asia/26indo.html
Riemer, N. (2010). Introducing Semantics. Cambridge University Press.
Rochmawati, A. R. (2018). Jadi presiden zaman now, Jokowi harus siap dikritisi. Viva. http://www.viva.co.id/berita/nasional/1003483-jadi-presiden-zaman-now-jokwi-harus-siap-dikritisi
Rosch, E., Mervis, C. B., Grey, W. D., Johnson, D. M., & Boyes-Braem, P. (1976). Basic objects in natural categories. Cognitive Psychology, 8, 382–439.
Schrauf, R. W., & Sanchez, J. (2010). Age effects and sample size in free listing. Field Methods, 22(1), 70–87.
Taylor, J. R. (2015). Prototype Theory in Linguistics. In International Encyclopedia of the Social & Social Behavioral Sciences (2nd ed., pp. 286–289). Elsevier.
Terzino, K. A. (2007). Culture and forgiveness: a prototype perspective. Iowa State University.
Tinsley, T., & Board, K. (2013). Language for the future: Which languages the UK needs most and why. https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/languages-for-the-future-report.pdf
Tylor, E. B. (2016). Primitive Culture. Dover Publications, Inc.
Ungerer, F. (2006). An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics (2nd ed.). Pearson Longman.

Published

2021-10-23

Issue

Section

BASIS VOLUME 8 NO 2 OCTOBER 2021