Linguistic landscape of airports in East Java

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Ilmia, Firda Hidayatul (2022) Linguistic landscape of airports in East Java. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel.

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Abstract

This study aims to examine the linguistic landscape that exists at airports in East Java with different categories, namely; the international airport category and the domestic airport category. The international Airport is represented by Juanda International airport, while in the domestic airport category it is Abdulrachman Saleh airport. There are three research problems in this research, namely: (1) what are the languages used in the linguistic landscape of Juanda International Airport and Abdulrachman Saleh Airport; (2) what are the characteristics of bilingual and multilingual signs at Juanda International Airport and Abdulrachman Saleh Airport; (3) what are the function of the sign of Juanda International Airport and Abdulrachman Saleh Airport. This study focuses on examining the languages used, characteristics, and function of signs. This study uses the theory of Landry & Bourhis (1997) to identify signs, the theory of Cenoz & Gorter (2006) to identify the characteristics of bilingual and multilingual signs and the function of signs. This study uses a quantitative qualitative approach in collecting data, classifying, and analyzing data. The total data used in this study are 460 signs. The results of this study indicate that monolingual, bilingual and multilingual types are used at Juanda International airport but at Abdulrachman Saleh airport there is only monolingual and bilingual types. Then, the characteristics of bilingual and multilingual signs used are five indicators, namely; the first language of the sign, size of text, font of text, amount of information and translation. All five indicators are used on signs at both airports. The function of the signs at Juanda International Airport and Abdulrachman Saleh Airport is different. At Juanda International Airport, it has 5 functions, namely to provide information and regulation, to symbolize something, to show and introduce the identity, to show readiness to welcome international visitors, and to elevate the positions of the products and to attack more customers. While at Abdulrachman Saleh airport is only has 4 functions, namely to provide information and regulation, to symbolize something, to show readiness to welcome international visitors, and to elevate the positions of the products and to attack more customers.