“THE PRONUNCIATION IS TOO MUCH”: INDONESIANS IDEOLOGIES TOWARD ENGLISH-INDONESIAN CODE-SWITCHING

Udiana Puspa Dewi

Abstract

This study is a pilot study focuses on the observation of the language attitude of Indonesian people toward English-Indonesian code-switching in Indonesia to see the ideology exists behind their attitude. Written questionnaire and interview method is used as a way to observe the language attitude of Indonesian people toward English-Indonesia code-switching. The participants are 15 Indonesians which are randomly selected from several different cities in Indonesia. The data are interpreted based on the institutional language ideology of Indonesia context. Based on the observation, there are two significant findings are found; English is seen as a prestigious language in Indonesia and standard language ideology is revealed through the notion of correctness and authority and the idea of legitimacy.

 

Keywords: language attitude, language ideology, code-switching

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20961/pras.v0i0.1696

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