Toba Batak Language Shift in Rantau Selatan

Vinawari S, Helfi and Sumarsih and Husein, Rahmad (2019) Toba Batak Language Shift in Rantau Selatan. In: Proceedings of The 4th Annual International Seminar on Transformative Education and Educational Leadership (AISTEEL), 23 – 24 September 2019, Garuda Plaza Hotel, Medan,.

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Abstract

Shift in Rantau Selatan. The main objectives of the study
were to answer the research problems under study that are (1) to
describe the level of maintenance of the Toba Batak language in
Rantau Selatan district. (2) to elaborate how the shift realized in
their linguistic repertoire across language domain in Rantau
Selatan district. (3) to explain the reasons why the language shift
occur in the ways they do in Rantau Selatan district. The method
of this study was qualitative research. The subjects were twenty
eight Toba Batak people who live in Kampung Batak, Urung
Kompas, Rantau Selatan district. The subjects were divided into
two groups; first group as the second generation (parents) and
the second group as third generation (children). The data were
taken from the interview, questionnaire and observation. The
findings show that (1) the level of mastery or maintenance of the
Toba Batak language for the second generation is Severely
Endangered at grade two. And the level of mastery or
maintenance of the Toba Batak language for third generation or
children is Critically Endangered at grade one. (2) the dominant
domains are education domain and work place domain. (3) the
reasons of Toba Batak language shift into Bahasa Indonesia;
bilingualism factor, migration factor, economic factor, social
factor, demographic factor, institutional factor, attitude factor,
environment factor, status, and social success. Attitude is
Toba Batak language, it can be maintain the Toba Batak
language but if the speaker has negative attitude about Toba
Batak language, the Toba Batak language can be extinct

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Keywords: Language Shift; Toba Batak Language; Language Endangerment; language domain
Subjects: P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics > P201 Comparative grammar
P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics > P325 Semantics
P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics > P375 Linguistic geography
P Language and Literature > PE English
P Language and Literature > PE English > PE1700 Dialects. Provincialisms, etc.
P Language and Literature > PE English > PE3701 Slang. Argot, etc.
Divisions: Program Pasca Sarjana
Depositing User: Mrs Catur Dedek Khadijah
Date Deposited: 10 Mar 2020 04:00
Last Modified: 10 Mar 2020 04:00
URI: https://digilib.unimed.ac.id/id/eprint/38864

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