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Polite Vocabulary In The Javanese Language Of Surabaya, Daniel Krauße
Polite Vocabulary In The Javanese Language Of Surabaya, Daniel Krauße
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Surabaya and its surroundings are known for their peculiar dialect, which does not only exhibit very characteristic phonological and morphological features, but also has a politeness, honorific, and deferential system that has so far remained largely understudied. It is the aim of this paper to shed further light on the sociolinguistic situation of the Javanese dialect of the city of Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia with a focus on the polite vocabulary (Krama, Krama Andhap, and Krama Inggil). Although to the Central Javanese ear, speakers of Surabayan Javanese sound discourteous, they by no means are impolite. After a general introduction about …