Mini Research Sociolinguistics

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H(This task is made in order to complete the Sociolinguistics’ final

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CONTENTS 2

CHAPTER IINTRODUCTION

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CHAPTER IIDATA ANALYSIS

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CHAPTER IIICONCLUSION

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Yesicha Ryona - A1B011041 Sociolinguistics’ Mini Research

3CHAPTER II N T R O D U C T I O N

ociety, culture, ethnics, and language, perhaps we would not be separated from

those aspects. In addition, we can’t ever refuse and reject those life aspects. That's

why we live in this world are not alone. We live in a community environment. Of

course we found a lot of phenomena that associate with things like the above.

SWe live in a community, that means we live in a life society. We live in a society, that

means we live together with other people. We live with other people, that means we use a

language when we talk to them. When we talk to them, so we create a speech community,

and it will make many variations in that language.

I think not all of people came from the same area. In a life society, there are many

ethnics, many groups, and many rates that we had found. That’s why we have to learn

about Sociolinguistics, a study about language and society.

Especially for this case, I take a title about Differences of Ethnic, Culture and Languages

at Pasar Minggu, KFC, and Mega Mall in Bengkulu. I live in Bengkulu for 19 years, since I

was born in 1993. I know quite a lot about the cultures of Bengkulu. Additionally, Bengkulu

has many original ethnics, and many historical things, so in this paper I will try to analyze

about words and culture, also ethnographies in Bengkulu based on one of discussion in

Sociolinguistics book at chapter 9 and 10.

I choose that place (Pasar Minggu, KFC, and Mega Mall) because they are totally

different places! And it’s so interesting and exciting to be a research. They have many

differences each other. Different in atmospheres, different in materials, different locations,

different people are visiting, different cultures, different ethnics, different languages are

used, and different in many aspects.


4At first, I just wanted to research Pasar Minggu and Mega Mall only. However, shortly

after that, I felt hungry, and decided to buy food at the KFC store. Finally, at the time of

eating there, I thought to add my research on the fast-food restaurant. I think, this is very

exciting and enjoyable.

In this paper, will be discussed a little bit about words, culture, and ethnographies in

Bengkulu. I know this paper is not perfect. Therefore, I ask critics and suggestions from

readers for this, my mini research. Happy reading.

Bengkulu, June 19th of 2012

The Author


5CHAPTER IID A T A A N A L Y S I S

ased on the written material about Words and Culture on page 221, I take a quote

from Goodenough’s (1957, p. 167):B‘a society’s culture consists of whatever it is one has to know or believe in order to operate in

a manner acceptable to its members, and to do so in any role that they accept for any one of

themselves.’

That knowledge is socially acquired: the necessary behaviors are learned and do not

come from any kind of genetic endowment. Culture, therefore, is the ‘know-how’ that a

person must possess to get through the task of daily living; only for a few does it require a

knowledge of some, or much, music, literature, and the arts.

Bengkulu also has it, especially old culture in downtown of Bengkulu City; Suprapto

Street and Pasar Minggu. They are the busiest area in Bengkulu City, because it’s a shopping

centre. Many people from different ethnics are there. It will create an area with many

cultures and many languages.

One day, at June 19th of 2012, I did a research in Pasar Minggu. It is an old traditional

market in Bengkulu. Pasar Minggu was built in 1980’s as a small market. It was the second

market in Bengkulu, after Pasar Bengkulu is

located in the coast of Tapak Paderi beach.

Pasar Minggu is located in the east of Suprapto

street. Pasar Minggu is opened from dawn to

dusk. It works and produce every day, although its

name is Pasar Minggu. So, not only on Sunday.

Pasar Minggu always crowded every day. It’s

interesting. Many people gather there. They came


6from many ethnics, many rates, many culture, and even they also used some different

languages there.

I began from the main gate of Pasar Minggu,

and then trace the path, enter into the sale of

vegetables and fruits. There were so many

marketer. They talked each other use their

vernacular, dialect and their regional languages.

Some of them maybe came from some hamlets

of North Bengkulu, South Bengkulu, Lebong,

and even from outside of Bengkulu, North

Sumatera. I saw it from their conversations, their interactions, and their ways to offer goods.

Sometimes I used their face’s shape for know where they came from.

There are also have many ethnics and rates, such as Bengkulunese, Rejang, Serawai,

Curup, Lebong, Kaur, Manna, and from outside of Bengkulu such as Bataknese, Chinese,

Javanese. However, it’s dominated by ethnics from Bengkulu.

How about the culture? I can only explain a little

descriptions about cultures are there. Ya, as well as

you know, the ‘market’s people’ have poorly and

minus attitude. I don’t give a bad judgment to them,

but I found that they’re impolite and not rude. In

addition, they were also less clean and didn’t pay

attention to cleanliness of their environment. They

were more often verbally abusive. Perhaps it

was a picture of their low education, and

their hard lives, so they were not taught to

behave like an educated person. But they also

have a positive value. They have high

solidarity between the members of their

ethnicity. That's what I learned from my

research at the Pasar Minggu.


7Move to another place. I brought my feet

walk into Mega Mall, one of the biggest Mall

in Bengkulu. Mega Mall is located in beside of

Pasar Minggu, only a few meters. And it’s so

different. The atmosphere is totally different

with Pasar Minggu. If Pasar Minggu has a foul

smell and stinging, and the floor is the

disgusting muddy ground, then the Mega Mall

has a fragrant scent, clean floor, because

every time cleaned by the cleaning service.

Mega Mall is always visited by many people, especially in holiday time. People from

many areas, villages, and regencies of Bengkulu Province, come to Mega Mall, and it makes

crowded. But the people who come to the Mega Mall is very different from people who

come to the Pasar Minggu. Of course! Although they are of the same tribe and ethnic, but

their clothes and appearances are totally different when visiting both markets.

Mega Mall is a modern market, while the

Pasar Minggu is a traditional market. Of course

people are going to wear nice clothes, luxury,

fashionable, and stylish when visiting the Mega

Mall, and they will wear the simple clothes

when they just go to the Pasar Minggu. It has

become a habit and culture of the

Bengkulu society. They could put

themselves where they are.

In addition, people who visit Mega

Mall every day will also be different from

people who visit the Pasar Minggu. Most

of people who comes to the Mega Mall is

the rich, having much money, and most

of them are immigrants, for example


8Chinese, Padangnese, Bataknese, Javanese, and so on. While at the Pasar Minggu, most

people want to buy a lot of daily goods with cheap prices and of course the price can be

negotiable until death! Additionally, there was mostly dominated by indigenous Bengkulu.

That's the difference!

And what about the language they use? On the Pasar Minggu, we are not surprised to

hear people screaming, saying rude, impolite and disrespectful, because it has become their

habit. But at the Mega Mall, people will laugh when they see a man is screaming, crying, and

not polite. Finally, they’ll be accused of the madman! At least the level of politeness in Mega

Mall is better than a Pasar Minggu.

The other case is KFC Store, Suprapto

Bengkulu. This America's fast food

restaurant almost every day visited by

uniformed student, colleger and office

workers. Almost 90% there! Why? It may

be because the price is not too expensive

and its location in the middle of town. It's a

great location! In addition, the situation

and condition are safe and clean.

In KFC, there are almost all kinds of

people, start from the children to the adult,

ethnic A to Z and language A to Z. But of

course, they wear clothes which are clean,

polite, decent, not like in the Pasar Minggu. That's because they are the educated people.

Their language is local language, Bengkulu language and Indonesian language.

Sometimes foreign tourists are also coming from out of Indonesia to eat there. Yes of course

they use their national language, English. That's why at KFC has more ethnics and cultures.

Perhaps, since they adopt the culture of origin, America.


9CHAPTER IIIC O N C L U S I O N

rom the discussions, we can take a conclusion about Differences of Ethnic, Culture

and Languages at Pasar Minggu, KFC, and Mega Mall in Bengkulu. Based on the

written material about Ethnomethodology on page 252, we know that

Ethnomethodology is that branch of sociology which is concerned, among other things, with

talk viewed in this way. Ethnomethodologists are interested in the processes and techniques

that people use to interpret the world around them and to interact with that world. So,

from this explanation, I will try to conclude it into a comparison table :

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P L A C E

Pasar Minggu Mega Mall KFC

1 Ethnic

Bengkulunese, Rejang,

Serawai, Curup, Lebong, Kaur, Manna Bataknese, Chinese, Javanese.

Bengkulunese, Chinese,

Padangnese, Bataknese, Javanese.

Western, Chinese, Bengkulunese a few from

regional ethnics, and many more.

2 Culture They have high solidarity,

have poorly and minus attitude,

impolite and not rude,

less clean and didn’t pay attention to

wear nice clothes, luxury, fashionable, and stylish.

Most of people who comes to the Mega Mall is the rich, having much

uniformed student,

colleger and office workers.

The condition is safe and clean.

They are the


10cleanliness of their environment,

often verbally abusive,

low education, hard living.

money. High Politeness, not rude,

not brutal, andregularly.

educated people.

They wear clothes which are clean, polite, and decent.

3 Language

use vernacular, dialect,

regional languages where they came from, or in our languages, it’s called ‘bahasa dusun’.

use Indonesia Language,

Bengkulu Language, and

sometimes, there is a few people use their regional language.

use local language,

Bengkulu language and

Indonesian language.

Sometimes foreign tourists use their national language, English.

That's all my mini research about differences of ethnic, culture, and languages at Pasar

Minggu, KFC, and Mega Mall in Bengkulu. I hope this paper is useful for the readers,

especially for Bengkulu society, in order to find out how many ethnicities and cultures that

exist in Bengkulu. I realize there are many errors and deficiencies contained in this paper.

For that, apologize me. Give comments and suggestions to complete the deficiencies.

Thank You.


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