Publications

Publication details [#27632]

Goebel, Zane. 2002. Code choice in interethnic interactions in two urban neighbourhoods of Central Java, Indonesia. International Journal of the Sociology of Language (158) : 69–87.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

code-switching | interethnic communication | language use

Language as a subject

Indonesian | Javanese

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter Mouton

ISBN

0165-2516

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This study examines language choice in interethnic interaction in two urban neighborhoods of Central Java. The use of ngoko Javanese and a local Indonesian variety signal respectively more close and more distant relationships in interethnic communication.