Linguistic landscape study in Jatim Park 3 Batu East Java

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Amilia, Yonita Tasya (2021) Linguistic landscape study in Jatim Park 3 Batu East Java. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

This research analyzed the linguistic landscape in educational tourism place in Batu, East Java, namely Jatim Park 3. This research aims to know how the linguistic landscape in Jatim Park 3, especially the language used, the characteristics of bilingual and multilingual signs, and the reason for showing a written signs in Jatim Park 3 with various languages. This research applied exploratory design. The data obtained in this research was collected and analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The researcher got 102 signs that were collected from observation in the outdoor and indoor areas of Jatim Park 3. The researcher interviewed to know the reason for showing written signs in Jatim Park 3 with various languages. The researcher found ten languages used in Jatim Park 3. The languages include Indonesian, English, Arabic, Dutch, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Indian, French, and Italian. Those languages are spread out in monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual signs. All signs are displayed in the outdoor and indoor areas of Jatim Park 3 as warnings and prohibitions, directions, promotions, and building names. Indonesian – English is dominant in Jatim Park 3. The reasons for showing various languages are; to facilitate information for visitors from abroad, to educate students as visitors, and to present icons from different countries.