Name: Meisy Matdiar

Student Number: 1913042005

Subject: Sociolinguistics

Please answer the following questions in a softcopy A4-size pdf document.

1. What is sociolinguistics?

Answer: Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the effect of any and all aspects of
society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used,
and society's effect on language. It differs from sociology of language, which focuses on
the effect of language on society.

2. What do you know about the concept of "Who speaks to whom in which situation?"

Answer: The concept is basically about the way we talk and do interaction in society. The
situation and the person we talk to requires a different treats in language, accent, and even
pronouns.

3. What are the factors that affect the language used by the people?

Answer: Attitude, age, intelligence, aptitude, cognitive style, personality, nationality and
ethnic group.

4. What is diglosia?

Answer: In sociolinguistics, diglossia is a situation in which two distinct varieties of a

language are spoken within the same speech community.

5. What is code-switching? Why do people code-switch? give an example.

Answer: Code switching is defined as the use of more than one language simultaneously
in conversation People usually do code switching because the society she/he lives in has a
different language with their mother tongue. A students switches Javanese to indonesian
when speaking to Lampungese friends:

For example:

Arep neng di nduk? Neng perpus yok! (Javanese)

Mau kemana nak? Ke perpus yuk! (Indonesian).

6. What is code-mixing? Why do people code-mix? Give examples.

Answer: Code mixing as the term refers to the use of one or more languages for
consistent transfer of linguistic units from one language into another, and by such a
language mixture developing a new restricted or not so restricted code of linguistic
interaction. People usually do code mixing because many languages are getting closure
and hence languages are getting contaminated. Due to bilingualism and multilingualism
languages are getting mixture with each other hence creative a variety of languages.

For example: A student mixes Sundanese and Indonesian when talking to her friend:

"Kumaha ieu cara menggunakannya meni susah pisan ei lier urang mah, mita?"

A teacher mixes English and Indonesian while talking in English class : "Sejauh yang
sudah kita pelajari, is there any questions?"