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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelIn this study, the writer wants to see whether there is a language shift
happens among the students 2001 from East Kalimantan in PCU. This study is
focused on two main questions (1) What factors motivate the students from East
Kalimantan in Petra Christian University 2001 to shift the language from standard
Bahasa Indonesia to Suroboyoan language (2)What is the dominant factor caused
the students shift to Suroboyoan language. The respondents are 15 students from
East Kalimantan. The writer used structured interview to get the data. The
structured interview is made based on Janet Holmes theory that talks about the
factors that s upport language shift.
From the structured interview, the writer founds out that the five factors
stated by Janet Holmes motivate the students from East Kalimantan in Petra
Christian University 2001 to shift the language from standard Bahasa Indonesia to
Suroboyoan language. They are social factor, attitude and value towards the
language, demographic factor, last, economic factors that usually followed by
political factor. Then, from the analysis, the writer found that social factor causes
all of the 15 students to shift to Suroboyoan language.