Linguistic landscape in female student dormitories of state universities in East Java

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Ramlah, Siti (2020) Linguistic landscape in female student dormitories of state universities in East Java. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

This thesis aims to examine the linguistic landscape in East Java State University female student dormitories. There are four East Java State University female student dormitories in this study. They are Ma'had Al-Jami'ah Putri UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, Ma'had Sunan Ampel Al-Aly Putri UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, Female Student Dormitory of Airlangga University Surabaya, and Female Student Dormitory of Brawijaya University Malang. This study focuses on examining the languages used on signs, sign categories, and sign functions. This study applied descriptive-qualitative approaches to collecting, classifying, and analyzing data. The data of this study were collected from the signs in four East Java State University female student dormitories and interviews with dormitory officials. A total of signs were used as the data for this study, which were then analyzed to identify the type of language used and sign categories in the four dormitories. Then, the transcript of the interview was written and analyzed by highlighting key points to identify the sign functions in the four dormitories. The results of this study indicate that monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual types are used in Ma'had Al-Jami'ah Putri UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya and Ma'had Sunan Ampel Al-Aly Putri UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang. While the Female Student Dormitory of Airlangga University Surabaya and Female Student Dormitory of Brawijaya University Malang only uses monolingual and bilingual. Of the seven sign categories (place names, informative sign, direction sign, prohibition and order, advertisements, slogan, and learning media), all are found in Ma'had Al-Jami'ah Putri UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya and Ma'had Sunan Ampel Al-Aly Putri UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang. Slogan and learning media sign categories are not found in Female Student Dormitory of Airlangga University Surabaya and advertising, slogan, and learning media signs are not found in Female Student Dormitory of Brawijaya University Malang. The sign functions displayed in four female dormitories are to promote safety, educate students, provide information, increase knowledge and develop foreign language skills, beautify the dormitory, facilitate to find places, motivate, sharpen creativity, and instruct students and visitors.