Date of Award

1-1-2016

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Anthropology

Content Description

1 online resource (xi, 426 pages) : color illustrations.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

James Collins

Committee Members

J. Joseph Errington, George A Broadwell

Keywords

Indonesia, Language ideology, Literacy, Multilingualism, Youth studies, Youth, Multilingual communication, Language policy, Intercultural communication

Subject Categories

Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Vocational Education

Abstract

This thesis deals with the use of Javanese, Bahasa Indonesia and English in the spoken and written communication of high school youths in the city of Semarang, Central Java. The thesis aims to understand the patterns in which youths make use of these languages in various communicative contexts and the way youths use languages to either enact or negotiate the polycentric "push and pull" of the various language ideologies associated with local, national, and global language. Data collection was conducted using ethnographic methods, which involved participant observation, recordings of conversations, collection of texts, as well as interviews with youth groups and teachers.

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