Discourse Community and Language Choice: Study of language choice in a gay community in particular area in Malang, Indonesia.
Discourse Community and Language Choice:
Study of language choice in a gay community in particular area in Malang.
Hima Luluk Il Jannah
English Language and Letters Department, Faculty of Humanities and Culture,
Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University, Malang, Indonesia terumbukayu@gmail.com June 2013
Abstract
Language choice in gay community that has many unique kind of language.
Keyword
Gay , gay
1. Background of Study
Nowadays, there are many varieties of community that have grown and expanded in the society. This diverse community has evolved over time. Every community has a particular variety of language and gesture that only known by members of community. They created a language symbols or even new language with a specific purpose. The researcher focuses the linguistics research in Gay’s community. People cannot deny those who are enthusiasts of the same sexuality indeed still exists and thrive in the society. Gay is kind of minor community in society but it starts to develop around people. According to Valocchi and others (1999), middle-class representation of gays is partly due to the historic, economic, and social forces that facilitated the development of a middle-class gay movement and partly due to the contemporary gay lifestyle choices that require the residency, employment, and consumption patterns of the middle class. Most importantly, as both Shugart and Valocchi suggest, this middle-class trait of gay life is likely to be an artifact of those who are homosexually active and who are open or are known by others to be homosexually active. Statements above concluded that the developing of gay community is increase significantly. Bowman (2004) also stated that although there appears to be an increasing acceptance of gays in general across the country, the levels of acceptance of gays are consistently higher in urban and suburban areas and among those with higher education or income. From here we can see that the gay
Study of language choice in a gay community in particular area in Malang.
Hima Luluk Il Jannah
English Language and Letters Department, Faculty of Humanities and Culture,
Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University, Malang, Indonesia terumbukayu@gmail.com June 2013
Abstract
Language choice in gay community that has many unique kind of language.
Keyword
Gay , gay
1. Background of Study
Nowadays, there are many varieties of community that have grown and expanded in the society. This diverse community has evolved over time. Every community has a particular variety of language and gesture that only known by members of community. They created a language symbols or even new language with a specific purpose. The researcher focuses the linguistics research in Gay’s community. People cannot deny those who are enthusiasts of the same sexuality indeed still exists and thrive in the society. Gay is kind of minor community in society but it starts to develop around people. According to Valocchi and others (1999), middle-class representation of gays is partly due to the historic, economic, and social forces that facilitated the development of a middle-class gay movement and partly due to the contemporary gay lifestyle choices that require the residency, employment, and consumption patterns of the middle class. Most importantly, as both Shugart and Valocchi suggest, this middle-class trait of gay life is likely to be an artifact of those who are homosexually active and who are open or are known by others to be homosexually active. Statements above concluded that the developing of gay community is increase significantly. Bowman (2004) also stated that although there appears to be an increasing acceptance of gays in general across the country, the levels of acceptance of gays are consistently higher in urban and suburban areas and among those with higher education or income. From here we can see that the gay
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