LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPE IN MUSEUM RADYA PUSTAKA SURAKARTA

Gunawan Widiyanto

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Abstract: This research reveals the languages used in informational signs accounting for the historical objects in Museum Radya Pustaka (MRP) in Surakarta from the perpective of Linguistic Landscape (LL) and answer the questions as to what languages are used in informational signs in MRP, how the languages are used from the size viewpoint and how their positional configuration is. This research is qualitative in nature through describing the language use in MRP Surakarta. Data in the form of visual pictures of informational signs accounting for historical objects in MRP is taken by using handphone camera and about 86 pictures of the informational signs accounting for historical objects are collected. The data is analysed on the basis of (1) name of language, (2) size and (3) positional configuration. Result of research indicates that the stakeholders in RPM have used monolingual, bilingual and multilingual signs to provide information on historical objects in MRP with the bilingual sign being dominant, namely bahasa Indonesia and English. The variety of languages (Javanese, bahasa Indonesia, English) existing in informational signs give the information on sociolinguistic composition in Surakarta, especially in MRP as a heritage region, that there are domestic tourists with Javanese as a mother tongue, domestic tourists with bahasa Indonesia as a lingua franca and foreign tourists with English as an international language.

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