CHAPTBR I INTRODUCTION - A study on code switching done by Mr. Hermanto as a shopkeeper of U.D. Rosaria - Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya Repository

CHAPTBR I
INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

1.1

Background

of

the

Language

is

a

It


civllizatlon.
it

each

other

(19?8:?)
means

This

who said

Bl-oomfield

language

since


communicate to

a

a

is

with

means
by

supported

socially

of


Mil1er
shared

quoted

as

lloulton

ideas -

(1975:3) also

human 1j-fe

indeed

is
is


statement

expressing

for

our

communicate

cannot

Language

that

in

in


tool

when people

llfe
people

it,

smoothj-y.

communication.

part

a great

daily

ancl without


others,

j-mportant

very

plays

their

used in

is

Problem

by

states:


for
vehicle
ri-ch
wonderfully
a
is
"Language
and
wishes
convey
it
to
use
We can
corstunication.
Besides
lies'
and to tell
truths

commands, to teIl
and vent our
our hearers
influence
it
to
use
we can
could
whieh
ideas
our
formulate
and
emotions,
which
in
i-f we had no lang'uage
never arise
probably

to embodY them."
From

statement

the

language

is

in

above

it

is

known


how

important

the human life.

Talkingaboutlanguage,itisalsoknownthatthere
aresomanylanguagesinthlsworld.Eachcountryhaslts
own l-anquages,

for

example:

Canadians

use

English


and

Malay,

English,

use

the

government

the

official

(1996:1)

has

All

communlcation.

means of

is,
as

language

one

more than

designated

said

that

muIti1ingua1,

are officially

some countries

that

with

communicating

in

Nababan as guoted by Lify

etc.

each other,

Chinese

and

and Singaporran

each other'

with

communicating

in

French

the

members of

socletyu5esmorethanonelanguageintheirday-to-day
i-nteraction.
It

also

cuftural

and

society

multllingual_
of

educated

people,

language
Whereas,

is

used
the

that

in

Indonesia

language,

and
is

with
where

It

in

and

around

monoli-ngual

people
on

the

standard
matters.

official

frlends

and

400

added in

by

in

the

everyday

Nababan who said

languages
speak

for

used

usually

are

j-s supported

many

as

the

is

language

Indonesian

education

amonq

and

languages,

a foreign

vernaculars

communication.

borders

least

among: relatives

communicatlng
lj-fe

at

repertoire.

linguistic

their

two

feast

at

speak

Most

languages '

foreign

a

also

hundreds

language,

one national

several

and

vernaculars,

people

with

is

Indonesia

background,

ethnical

splendid

Having

Indonesia'

in

happens

more
official

its

within
than

one

-Ievef'

recognising
medium of
require

official

village

(bahasa

lndonesian

only

communication.
officials

to

use

Indonesia)

as

the

However ci-rcumstances
l-ocal- language

the

to

communicate ef fectivelv.
Si-nce these
the
\rar\t

communlty,
nf

ton

lansuages

switching