Language Variations of the Street Children Community and its Impact on Listeners Attitudes. A Study of Sociolinguistic

Abstract

This study was carried out to find out the languages variation that realized of the street children in KOPA Medan. This study focused on researching the languages variation. The data in this thesis was taken from 9 the street children and interviews with 4 informants. The total language variation used as data in this thesis were 35 data. The theories applied in this thesis were theories Holmes (1992:138-276) that discuss the kinds of language variation based on terms of user and based on terms of usage. In this study, the researcher used a descriptive - qualitative approach by collecting data, then classifies the data. The results of the data analysis showed that the language variations found in the street children in KOPA Medan. There are 2 kinds of language variation of the street children. The first is based on terms of user (Sociolect) namely : (vulgar, slang, jargon, colloquial, and cant language). And based on terms of usage namely, variation with reference to the field and tenor. Based on the informants, there are impact on listener‟s attitudes toward language variation that realized by street children such as Cognitive, Affective, Conative components. The last is there are factors of the street children used the impolite language variation. They are : the level of education , social economic, the social network/the impact of their community.