LANGUAGE SHIFT OF GAYONESE THIRD GENERATION IN MIXED MARRIAGES

This study deals with the Language Shift of Gayonese Third Generation in Mixed Marriages. It employs qualitative research design with a case study. This study aims to describe: (1) the Gayonese language shift occurs in third generation in mixed marriages, (2) the process of language shift of Gayonese third generation in mixed marriages and (3) the reasons do the Gayonese language of third generation shift in mixed marriages. The subjects were 20 third generations of Gayonese. They were chosen from third generations whose parents are Gayonese and Acehnese and third generations whose parents are Gayonese and Javanese. The instruments used of this study were observation and interview. The observation was used to obtain the pattern and the process of Language shift, and the interview was used to obtain the pattern and also the reasons of language shift. The data were analyzed by interactive model proposed by Miles and Hubberman and saldana. After analyzing the data, the researcher found three findings. First, non-migrant shifting occurred in Gayonese third generation in mixed marriages. The shift were analyzed by four points of shift namely, production shift, comprehension shift, production-comprehension shift and attitude shift. After calculating the data, it was obtained that production shift occurred in 55% of subjects, comprehension shift 20%, production-comprehension 25 % and attitude shift occurred in all of the subjects. Second, there are two process of Gayonese third generation language shift in mixed marriages namely; minority language retention and simple bilingualism. The highest process found of gayonese language shift into Indonesian language about 100%. And the second was simple bilingualism caused gayonese language shift change into Indonesian language about 30%. Third, there are three reasons of Gayonese third generation language shift in mixed marriages namely; status, prestige and social success. As the highest reasons found of gayonese language shift into Indonesian language about 100%. And the second was prestige caused gayonese language shift change into Indonesian language about 30%. All the third generations of Gayonese from mixed marriages use Indonesian language because of the social success.