Language Options Used By Communities manado Service Language Writingbased On Social Dimensions

Abstract

The study of community language selection living in the city of Manado is interesting based on social dimensions. This study aims to describe language choices: (1) Manado city people when interacting based on the dimensions of social distance scale (solidarity), (2) Manado city people when interacting based on dimensions of status scale, (3) Manado city people when interacting based on the dimensions of formalita scale, and (4) Manado city community when interacting based on functional scale dimensions. The research method used in this study is qualitative. This method is used to make factual references to the phenomena of the choice of the language speakers of the Manado Malay language. Data was collected based on observations of Mana[1]do Malay language speakers using language choices when speaking in various social events and interviews with speakers of Manado Malay language. The main instrument in this research is the researcher himself. Data analysis techniques include four stages, namely: data reduction, data presentation, verification, and conclusions. The results showed that the language choice of the Malay language speakers of Manado based on (1) social distance (solidarity) depends on the relationship between the speech opponents and speakers, the closer the relationship, the more varied the choices chosen tend to be polite , (2) the dimensions of the status scale indicate the high status of the opponent's speech, the choice of language used tends to be polite, on the contrary the low social status versus speech, the speakers of language choices tend to be rude. (3) the dimensions of the formalities scale, the more formal the conversation situation takes place, the better the choice of language is, and the more informal the situation is, then the choice of language tends to be rude. (4) the functional scale dimension shows that the respondent's response to the opponent's speech will depend on the method of delivering and the information delivered.