Primary Elements Impacted by the Risk of Disappearance and Deterioration of the Betawi Language in the Community
Main Article Content
Abstract
The Betawi language, akin to many global languages, is on the brink of fading due to various factors, one being the evolution of civilization. This decline jeopardizes several facets of the native Betawi culture. Hence, efforts to maintain and preserve the Betawi language are imperative. The challenge lies in understanding the extensive scope of Betawi's linguistic and textual context. Thus, it's crucial to develop a targeted strategy that pinpoints the primary elements influenced by the degradation and endangerment of the language, particularly in the Betawi community. This study identifies these elements after extensive on-field research, spanning over a year with round-the-clock observations. The research found that a sociological qualitative analysis, especially focusing on society's social evaluation, is the most effective method. Consequently, five key areas were identified to analyze the repercussions of the language's decline: linguistic aspects, individual identity, inter-generational communication, knowledge transfer, and economic implications
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.Penulis.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (Refer to The Effect of Open Access).
References
Barthes, R. (1964). The Structuralist Activity, From Essais Critiques, trans. R. Howard in Partisan Reviews 34 (Winner) 82 – 88.
Barthes, R. (1964/1967). Elements of Semiology, trans. A. Lavers and C. Smith. (10, 12) 1964; rptd, New York, Hill and Wang.
Berlin, B., Dennis, E. B. & Raven, H. P. (1973). General Principles of Classification and Nomenclature in Folk Biology. American Anthropologist, New Series, 75(4), 214-242. Wiley on behalf of the American Anthropological Association. American Academic Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences (ASRJETS) - Volume 94, No 1, pp 58-66
Berlin, B. (1972). Speculations on the Growth of Ethnobotanical Nomenclature. Language in Society,1(6), 51-86. Cambridge University Press.
Christine, S. V. & Todd, L. V. (2009). The Semantics of Local Knowledge: Using Ethnosemantics to Study Folk Taxonomies Represented in the Archaeological Record. Journal of Anthropological Research, 65, (8), 529-554. The University of Chicago Press.
Fairclough, N. (1995 a). Critical Discourse Analysis, (12), London, Cambridge.
Gary, P. N., Patrick, P., & Tony, J. (2002). Safeguarding Species, Languages, and Cultures in the Time of Diversity Loss: From the Colorado Plateau to Global Hotspots. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 89, (7), 164-175. Missouri Botanical Garden Press.
Halliday, M. A. K. (1990, & 2001). New Ways of Meaning: The Challenge to Applied Linguistics. In Alwin Fill and Peter Mühlhäusler (eds.). The Ecolinguistics Reader: Language, Ecology and Environment. (2, 3) 175-202. London: Continuum.
Kristeva, J. (1986). Intertextuality in Critical Discourse Analysis, (14), London, Longman
Laferriere, E. J. (1987). Folk Definitions Influence the Acceptance of Technical Vocabulary. The American Biology Teacher, 49, (9), 149-152. University of California Press on behalf of the National Association of Biology Teachers
Lobner, S. (2002). Understanding Semantics, (16), London, Arnold.
Parry, H. (1984). Use of English course (for West African Students), London, Macmillan.
Maiwong, E. D. (2020). The Dynamism of the English Language in the Commonwealth of Nations and African Common Wealth Literature (Vol 1), A Teachers’, Learners’ and Researchers’ Guide, Dschang, Jewisco Printing House.
Siregar, I. (2020). Geografi Leksikon Betawi. Jakarta: LPU Unas
Siregar, I. (2021). Analysis of Betawi Language Interference on the Morphology of Adolescent Speech in Jakarta. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Studies, 3(8), 54-60. http://doi.org/10.32996/jhsss.2021.3.8.7
Siregar, I. (2022). Effective and Efficient Treatment of Regional Language Preservation Strategies in the Nusantara. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Studies, 4(2), 16–22. https://doi.org/10.32996/jhsss.2022.4.2.3
Widdowson, G. H. (1984). Explorations in Applied Linguistics 2, (15), Oxford, Oxford University.Press.
Wodak, R. & Meyer, M. (eds.) (2001). Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis, (13), London, Longman.