PBIS4131-2

BUKU JAWABAN TUGAS MATA KULIAH

TUGAS 2

Nama Mahasiswa : VIAN HIDAYAT

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Nomor Induk Mahasiswa/ NIM : 042246555

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PBIS4131 / Sociolinguistics
Kode/Nama Mata Kuliah :
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Kode/Nama UPBJJ : JEMBER

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Masa Ujian : 2022/23.1 (2022.2)

KEMENTERIAN PENDIDIKAN DAN KEBUDAYAAN

UNIVERSITAS TERBUKA
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NASKAH TUGAS MATA KULIAH

UNIVERSITAS TERBUKA
SEMESTER: 2022/23.1 (2022.2)

Fakultas : FKIP/Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan

Kode/Nama MK : PBIS4131/Sociolinguistics
Tugas 2

No. Soal
1. There is discussion about difference between regional and social dialect.

Regional dialect which refers to linguistic differences that accumulate in a particular

geographic region.

Social dialect originates among dialect social groups and are related to a variety of factors, the
principal ones apparently being social class, region, and ethnicity. Social dialect which
emerges because of particular kind of social background.

Write down on your own words in a paragraph with minimum 5 sentences!

2. Classify the following words into groups of British English or American English.

headmaster elementary school

dustbin timetable
breaktime torch
front desk schedule
trashcan stroller
recess grade
reception vacation
flash light holiday
primary school mark
principal pushchair
3. Whether we realize it or not, the language we use everyday is very varied. There is more than
one way of saying the same thing. Especially with the language used by the Indonesian
people which consists of many regional tribes. In the Jakarta city, there are many tribes met
and forming new social societies. With this heterogeneous society, there will be lots of
variations in language.

Should all language variations be taught? Give the reason!

4. Language is formed by society with social conventions, agreement and understanding by
language users in the choice of meaning, structure and linguistic principles.
Sociocultural context and imagination as a process of language formation

The process of language variation can be found in the following cases in a social community
of a region, calling the person who gave birth to their child is "IBU" in another area and it is
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agreed to be called "MAMI", "EBOK", "MAMA", "EMAK", "NYAK", ”AMBU”, ”UMI”,

”OMA”, ”UMMA” and so on. Because language users in each area and the local community
agree to understand that the word has the same meaning to say that the person is the person
who gave birth to a child.

How will you explain about the process of language variation that is easy for your students to
understand?
5. Styles and background knowledge will affect the variety of languages used by the community
of an area. Student environment will certainly have different variations in the language used
by the farmer environment. The student community environment will talk about knowledge,
scientific developments, and technological advances and so on, of course different from
farmers who discuss harvest schedules, harvest predictions, the latest fertilizers, proper
fertilizers, pest control, crop yields and so on.

On these cases, what do you find if you look at it in terms of

language? Make an ilustrasion by using some aspects (4) of
language variation!

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