INDIRECTNESS IN THE COMMUNICATION OF PROSTITUTES IN SURABAYA

Suswanto Ismadi Megah Saputro

Abstract


This research aims to identify how the prostitutes communicate to their clients in Surabaya. The data were obtained from the real communication occurring among the prostitutes’ and the clients. It was found that Indonesian language is dominantly used in the communication compared to Javanese language. This is due to the fact that Javanese language is more complicated having different speech levels based on the social status of the speakers. Furthermore, the research showed that the prostitutes tend to use euphemism in their service. The euphemism is part of the style of Javanese prostitutes performing indirectness as a part of Javanese culture.

Keywords


Communication; Prostitutes; Javanese Prostitutes; Indirectness; Euphemism

Full Text:

PDF

References


Abdul Wahab. 1986. Javanese Metaphors in Discourse Analysis. Ph.D Dissertation. University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign.

Baskaran, Loga. 2005 Linguistics Primer Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press.

Geertz, Clifford. 1960. The Religion of Java. Glencoe, IL Free Press.

Geertz, Hilder. 1961. The Javanese Kindship Family. Glencoe, IL Free Press. Excerpted in Fishman (1968a) and Pride and Holmes (1972).

Gunarwan, Asim. 1997. “Persepsi kesantunan direktif di dalam bahasa Indonesia di antara beberapa kelompok etnik di Jakarta”. In B. Kaswanti Purwo (penyunting). PELLBA.

Ichsanto Fauzi. 2000. A Descriptive analysis of register used by prostitutes in Surakarta.

Ismadi, Suswanto. 2009. Mampir Mas: Politeness Strategies of offers among Javanese Sealers. Master thesis: UM (Unpublished).

Koentjoro.2004: On the Spot: Tutur dari Sarang Pelacur.Tinta: Yogyakarta.

Koentjoroningrat.1985. Javanese Culture. Oxford University Press. Sinapore.

Liem, Lien Leam. 1992, The Sex Sector, The Economic and Social Bases of Prostitution in Southeast Asia, Geneva: International Labour Office.

Lyons, John. 1997. Semantics. Volume I. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. Great Britain.

Mark Thomas Connelly, Mark Thomas.1980. The Response To Prostitution in The Progresive Era, America: The University Of Nort Carolina Press.

Poedjosoedarmo, Soepomo. 1968. “Javanese speech levels,” Indonesia 6. Cornell.

Suseno, Franz Magnis.1984.Etika Jawa. Jakarta: P.T. Gramedia

Tarigan, H. G. 1985. Pengajaran Gaya Bahasa. Bandung: Angkasa.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.18860/ling.v11i2.3901

Bookmark and Share


Copyright (c) 2016 LiNGUA: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa dan Sastra



Member of:

Crossref

Indexed by:

Dimension Google Scolar  Sinta Sinta   Journal TOCS     

Editorial Office:
Laboratory of Information and Publication, Faculty of Humanities
Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang
Jalan Gajayana 50 Malang, Jawa Timur, Indonesia 65144
Email: jurnallingua@gmail.com
Phone: +62 (0)341 570872

Creative Commons License
LiNGUA by Laboratory of Information and Publication, Faculty of Humanities is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://ejournal.uin-malang.ac.id/index.php/humbud/index.