Polite vocabulary in the Javanese language of Surabaya
Surabaya and its surroundings are known for their peculiar dialect, which does not only exhibit very characteristic phonological and morphological features, but also has a politeness, honorific, and deferential system that has so far remained largely understudied. It is the aim of this paper to shed...
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| description | Surabaya and its surroundings are known for their peculiar dialect, which does not only exhibit very characteristic phonological and morphological features, but also has a politeness, honorific, and deferential system that has so far remained largely understudied. It is the aim of this paper to shed further light on the sociolinguistic situation of the Javanese dialect of the city of Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia with a focus on the polite vocabulary (Krama, Krama Andhap, and Krama Inggil). Although to the Central Javanese ear, speakers of Surabayan Javanese sound discourteous, they by no means are impolite. After a general introduction about the linguistic situation in Surabaya, a brief typological summary of politeness systems throughout the world is given, which helps debunk the persistent language myth that speakers of Surabayan Javanese are rude. This paper will show that the dialect rather exhibits a binary T-V distinction in politeness similar to that in French and German, as opposed to the strict speech level system as found in Central Javanese, Korean, and Japanese. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4a0cb59db8a047758d6b9ba16a7bd90f2023-07-07T05:58:18ZengUniversitas Indonesia, Faculty of HumanitiesWacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia1411-22722407-68992018-04-01191589910.17510/wacana.v19i1.615Polite vocabulary in the Javanese language of Surabaya Daniel Krauße0 University of Newcastle, AustraliaSurabaya and its surroundings are known for their peculiar dialect, which does not only exhibit very characteristic phonological and morphological features, but also has a politeness, honorific, and deferential system that has so far remained largely understudied. It is the aim of this paper to shed further light on the sociolinguistic situation of the Javanese dialect of the city of Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia with a focus on the polite vocabulary (Krama, Krama Andhap, and Krama Inggil). Although to the Central Javanese ear, speakers of Surabayan Javanese sound discourteous, they by no means are impolite. After a general introduction about the linguistic situation in Surabaya, a brief typological summary of politeness systems throughout the world is given, which helps debunk the persistent language myth that speakers of Surabayan Javanese are rude. This paper will show that the dialect rather exhibits a binary T-V distinction in politeness similar to that in French and German, as opposed to the strict speech level system as found in Central Javanese, Korean, and Japanese.https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/vol19/iss1/3/javanesedialectologylinguistic etiquettepolitenessspeech levelssurabaya. |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Krauße Polite vocabulary in the Javanese language of Surabaya Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia javanese dialectology linguistic etiquette politeness speech levels surabaya. |
| title | Polite vocabulary in the Javanese language of Surabaya |
| title_full | Polite vocabulary in the Javanese language of Surabaya |
| title_fullStr | Polite vocabulary in the Javanese language of Surabaya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Polite vocabulary in the Javanese language of Surabaya |
| title_short | Polite vocabulary in the Javanese language of Surabaya |
| title_sort | polite vocabulary in the javanese language of surabaya |
| topic | javanese dialectology linguistic etiquette politeness speech levels surabaya. |
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