of communication Holmes: 2001. One community that shifts the language in campus is Banyumas dialect student community. Based on that phenomenon,
this research is intended to investigate the factors that influence language shift performed by speaker of Banyumas dialect in campus.
1.2. Research Problems
Based on the above mentioned phenomenon, there are two research problems which are:
1. What are the facts of language shift conducted by Javanese Banyumas speakers?
2. What factors are involved in language shift from Javanese Banyumas dialect to Bahasa Indonesia?
1.3. Purpose of the Study
By conducting this research, the writer wants to understand further about language shift phenomenon and the purposes of research are:
1. To explain the facts of language shift conducted by Javanese Banyumas speakers
2. To investigate the factors which are involved in language shift from Javanese Banyumas Dialect to Bahasa Indonesia
1.4. Previous Studies
The language shift is one of the language phenomena which is world- widely performed. In the US, language shift is mostly performed by Spanish
in Chicago and the shift is form Spanish into English. Potowski 2004
described that language shift performed by Chicago Latinos is influenced by environment and the most responsible factor is school environment. People
learn English before 3 years old and they also make social contact using English during the time in the school. The main finding of this research is that
Spanish community in Chicago use Spanish language for only 45 . This research is relatively the same as the research that will be conducted by the
writer. The writer, in this case will focus on the phenomenon of language shift at the university. The significant difference is that the language shift
performers do not perform it from primary school even if at those ages, they have already learned Bahasa Indonesia. They shift from Javanese banyumas
dialect to Bahasa Indonesia for their daily conversation is conducted when they enter university life.
Because this phenomenon is world-widely practiced, it does not only happen in the US but also in Pakistan. Many factors lead Pakistani to shift
from Punjab Language to English. Historical, cultural, social, economic, and psychological factor influence this condition. Those factors influence language
shift in different level and the most responsible factor is economic Aawas, Umer, Anjum Ramzan, 2012. The finding of this research shows that there
are five factors which influence language shift in Pakistan. The writer’s research will focus the facts and factors influence the phenomenon of
language shift that happen in Diponegoro University campus. The major difference is the area of research. The data of previous research which is
conducted in Pakistan were collected from the population in the region but the data of this research will be earned only from campus.
1.6. Organization of the Writing
