Internal Language Shift in Javanese Speech Levels: Digital Influence among Generation Alpha in Bojonegoro
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https://doi.org/10.21512/lc.v20i1.14584Keywords:
Javanese children, Alpha generation, digital content, language shift, speech levelAbstract
Recent studies indicate a decline in the use of regional languages, particularly among populations aged 5–14 who belong to the Alpha generation, those born when technology became part of everyday life and introduced new linguistic input through digital contact. The presence of these new linguistic inputs influenced children's language practices. Based on this, this study examines the Javanese language shift, particularly the level of manners among children aged 7-10 years in Jetak Village, Bojonegoro, East Java, who are Javanese speakers in their daily lives. This study examines language shifts, following Fishman (1991), by focusing on children's linguistic practices and their mastery of Javanese speech varieties. This study employed a qualitative method, focusing on children aged 7-10 years old, Javanese speakers in Jetak Village, Bojonegoro. Data was collected through observations, interviews, questionnaires, and documentation. Data were transcribed using phonetic writing, according to the Javanese Bhausastra Dictionary, written after Glossing Leipzig, and translated freely. The data was then analyzed using the Miles and Huberman models. Research results have shown that Javanese-speaking children aged 7-10 are dominant in using Javanese and Indonesian in a single sentence, demonstrate mastery of higher varieties of ngoko, are influenced by digital media, exhibit differences in language usage domains, and show a lack of transmission of manners. Based on these language practice patterns, there is an internal language shift, namely, the use of manners becoming ngoko and Indonesian.
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