The Differences between Language and Dialect (Lahjah) of Society

Febi Alba Yusba, Sherly Sherly, Dewi Rahmawati

Abstract


Language is a dynamic entity that continues to evolve alongside the social and cultural changes of its users. This study aims to describe sociolinguistic phenomena including dialect variations, code-switching and code-mixing symptoms, and the relationship between bilingualism and diglossia in speech communities. The method employed is library research with a qualitative approach. Data were collected through documentation techniques from various relevant literatures such as textbooks and scientific journals, which were then analyzed using content analysis techniques. The results indicate that language variations arise not only from geographical factors but also social factors such as age, education, and economic status. It was found that code-switching and code-mixing are logical consequences of multilingual interaction influenced by speech situations and lexical constraints. Furthermore, language stability in diglossie societies heavily depends on the functional distribution of High (H) and Low (L) varieties. This study concludes that language maintenance requires speaker loyalty to prevent language shifts that lead to language extinction.

Keywords


sociolinguistics, dialect, code-switching, bilingualism, diglossia.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15548/imlah.v8i1.13969

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