"Wòlak-waliké jaman"; Exploring contemporary Walikan in public space

This article describes the current use of Walikan, a youth language in Malang, Indonesia. Unlike any previously described youth registers in Indonesia, Walikan has been around since as early as the 1940s and has continuously reinvented itself ever since. As will be shown, the speakers of Walikan hav...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nurenzia Yannuar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Indonesia, Faculty of Humanities 2018-04-01
Series:Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
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Online Access:https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/vol19/iss1/4/