Maret 05, 2008

Task for PBI Semester VI

Read all the points in the reference and discuss with your group about Indonesian diglossia. The conclusion of your discussion should be posted in this space.

In linguistics, diglossia is a situation where, in a given society, there are two (often closely-related) languages, one of high prestige, which is generally used by the government and in formal texts, and one of low prestige, which is usually the spoken vernacular tongue. The high-prestige language tends to be the more formalised, and its forms and vocabulary often 'filter down' into the vernacular, though often in a changed form. As an aspect of study of the relationships between codes and social structure, diglossia is an important concept in the field of sociolinguistics.More...

Tasks for PBI Students

Task for PBI Students, Date February 10 - 15 2008

Syntax PBI Semester IV

Read Fromkin, Rodman, & Hyams Chapter 4 page 117 à 164

Each group must answer at least two questions of the exercise, page 165 à 172. No group answers the same questions.

Maret 03, 2008

Varieties of Language

The following questions are for PBI Semester VI only (Sociolinguistics)

Read Chapter 2: R.A.Hudson (Varieties of Language) then, answer the following questions:

1. How should global linguistic categories like language "X" be defined?

2. Can distinct types of global category (e.g. language versus dialect) be distinguished?

3. How are global categories related to one another?

4. What is linguistic item? Use certain theory to answer this question.

5. What makes one variety of language different from another?

6. One of the definition of speech community is a group of people who interact by means of
speech. Give examples of the definition.

7. Can you explain about the differences and similarities of language, dialect, and register? Give
example of the three terms.