LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHINESE INDONESIAN PEOPLE S PRACTICE IN ADOPTING NAMES AT THE FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIKA SOEGIJAPRANATA. A Thesis By: Name: Lydia Prasetyo Student Number: 05.80.0027 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF LETTERS SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY SEMARANG 2011 0
LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHINESE INDONESIAN PEOPLE S PRACTICE IN ADOPTING NAMES AT THE FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIKA SOEGIJAPRANATA. A Thesis Presented as Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Sastra Degree in the English Letters Study Program By: Name: Lydia Prasetyo Student Number: 05.80.0027 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF LETTERS SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY SEMARANG 2011 i
Thesis Report Approval LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHINESE INDONESIAN PEOPLE S PRACTICE IN ADOPTING NAMES AT THE FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIKA SOEGIJAPRANATA. By: Name: Lydia Prasetyo Student Number: 05.80.0027 Approved by: Drs. Y.E. Budiyana, MA. July 20 th, 2011 Major Sponsor Heny Hartono, SS, MPd. July 20 th, 2011 Co Sponsor ii
A Thesis defended in front of the Board of Examiners on July 20 th, 2011 and declared acceptable BOARD OF EXAMINERS Chairperson : Drs. Y.E. Budiyana, MA............... Secretary : Heny Hartono, SS, MPd................ Member : Emilia Ninik Aydawati, S.P., M.Hum................ Semarang, July 20 th, 2011 Faculty of Letters Soegijapranata Catholic University Dean, Heny Hartono, SS, M.Pd. NIP: 058.1.1998.221 iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost, I would like to thank God the Almigthy, Jesus Christ, who helped me to finish this thesis. I would also like to express my sincerest gratitude to everyone who has helped me in finishing this thesis: 1. I would like to acknowledge a great thank to Drs. Y. E. Budiyana, MA., as my major sponsor, who has always guided me and encouraged me with his patience and advice in finishing this thesis. 2. My thanks goes to Heny Hartono, SS, MPd., my co-sponsor, who has corrected and provided great guidance to me patiently. 3. My deepest gratitude also goes to my lovely family; my mother, my father, my brother, and my sister. Your prayer and support always let me know that I will always be loved by all of you. 4. My special person, Victor, who has always supported and encouraged me in finishing this thesis. 5. My best friends, Lili, Astrid, Anita, Elsa, Novie, Fancy, and Michelle, who have shared ideas and never stop to encourage and motivate me, I was nothing without you all. I cannot mention one by one of all the people who have helped me in finishing this thesis, but I really appreciate their help. Thank you so much! iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE OF TITLE...i PAGE OF APPROVAL...ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT...iv TABLE OF CONTENTS...vi ABSTRACT...vii ABSTRAK...viii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION....1 1.1 Background of the Study.......1 1.2 Field of the Study.....4 1.3 Problem Formulations........4 1.4 Scope of the Study.....4 1.5 Objectives of the Study.....4 1.6 Significance of the Study...... 5 1.7 Definition of Terms........5 CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW. 7 2.1. Language and Identity...7 2.2. Name and Identity 8 2.3. Chinese Indonesian People s practice in Adopting Names. 14 CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.17 CHAPTER IV: DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION..21 v
4.1. Names Adopted by Chinese Indonesian People at Faculty of Letters UNIKA Soegijapranata....21 4.2. Why do Chinese - Indonesian people at the Faculty of Letters UNIKA Soegijapranata adopt the names they use?....26 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS............65 5.1. Conclusions...65 5.1.1. The names that adopted by Chinese Indonesian people at the faculty of Letters UNIKA Soegijapranata...65 5.1.2. The reasons for Chinese Indonesian people at the Faculty of Letters UNIKA Soegijapranata adopt the names they use...65 5.2. Suggestions...66 BIBLIOGRAPHY.....67 APPENDIX vi
ABSTRACT This study is focusing on Sociolinguistics. Problem formulations in this study are: (1) what names are adopted by Chinese Indonesian people at the Faculty of Letters UNIKA Soegijapranata and (2) why do Chinese - Indonesian people at the Faculty of Letters UNIKA Soegijapranata adopt the names they use. This study focuses on language and identity, and the scope of the study is limited to analyzing what names Chinese Indonesian people adopt and the reasons why they adopt the names. The aim of this study is to find out the names that adopted by Chinese Indonesian students parents at the Faculty of Letters UNIKA Soegijapranata and to find out the reasons for Chinese Indonesian students parents at the Faculty of Letters UNIKA Soegijapranata adopt the names they use. This study uses qualitative method which deals with observation, interview and questionnaire to answer the problem formulations. The result of this research shows that the name that is mostly adopted by Chinese Indonesian people at the Faculty of Letters UNIKA Soegijapranata is Indonesian names only and the reasons that are mostly chosen by the majority of the participants (83.6%) is related to law issue. There is only a small number of the participants (11.9%) who chooses the reasons that are related to religion issue. vii
ABSTRAK Penelitian ini memiliki fokus pada sosiolinguistik. Perumusan masalahnya adalah: (1) nama apa yang diadopsi oleh orang Cina-Indonesia pada Fakultas Sastra UNIKA Soegijapranata dan (2) mengapa orang Tionghoa - Indonesia di Fakultas Sastra UNIKA Soegijapranata mengadopsi nama yang mereka gunakan. Penelitian ini memiliki fokus pada bahasa dan identitas, dan terbatas pada masalah penganalisaan tentang nama yang diadopsi oleh orang Tionghoa - Indonesia dan alasan mereka mengadopsi nama gunakan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui nama yang diadopsi oleh orang tua mahasiswa Tionghoa - Indonesia di Fakultas Sastra UNIKA Soegijapranata dan mengetahui alasan mengapa orang tua mahasiswa Tionghoa - Indonesia di Fakultas Sastra UNIKA Soegijapranata mengadopsi nama yang mereka gunakan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif yang menggunakan observasi, wawancara, dan kuesioner untuk menjawab rumus permasalahan. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa nama yang banyak diadopsi oleh sebagian besar orang Tionghoa - Indonesia pada Fakultas Sastra UNIKA Soegijapranata adalah nama Indonesia saja dan alasan yang banyak dipilih oleh sebagian besar dari peserta penelitian (83.6%) adalah berhubungan dengan hal hukum.hanya sebagian kecil dari mereka (11.9%) yang memilih alasan yang berhubungan dengan hal keagamaan. viii