Language Shift, Gender, and Ideologies of Modernity in Central Java, Indonesia
Abstract
This article explores the shift away from formal styles of Javanese to the use of the national language, Indonesian, within the context of new educational and social opportunities for Javanese youth. It focuses on gender differences in language attitudes and considers how socialization and cultural ideologies regarding men's and women's relationship to language shape those attitudes. Recent changes in possibilities for social and status mobility linked to language use have challenged traditional language ideologies and have led Javanese men and women to develop different language strategies and patterns of interaction. A new subjective concern with emotional and interpersonal expressivity among youth—particularly among young women—is identified as an important mediating valence in the shift to varieties of Indonesian identified as more “communicative” and “participatory.” [Indonesia, language shift, gender, ideologies of modernity]
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Javanese youth avoided speaking Javanese with elders and would rather speak in Indonesian.
“A study done by Smith-Hefner (2009), for instance, shows how Javanese youth avoided speaking Javanese with elders and would rather speak in Indonesian.”
From Reclaiming and Learning Indigenous Languages on Social Media with Digital Activists: Insights from Lampung, Mayangna and Miskitu Youth (2020) · cites this paper as Smith-Hefner (2009)
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- Authors
- Smith‐Hefner, N. J.
- Venue
- Journal of Linguistic Anthropology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-06
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 57-77
- ISSN
- 1055-1360 (ISSN-L)
- 1548-1395
- OpenAlex
- W2064654304
- Cited by
- 165
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 19.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Multilingual Education and Policy
- Keywords
- language shift, Javanese language, Indonesian language, language ideology, modernity, youth language use, status mobility, language socialization, emotional expressivity, Central Java
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