| dc.description.abstract | The present study is concerned with mixed languages in the speech of a bilingual
child, in Indonesian and Javanese. It is a cross-sectional study. The data of
this study are in the form of sentences containing mixed languages. There are 50
sentences used as the data that are collected through observation and note taking.
The collected data are then analyzed using descriptive method. The data analysis
has revealed that the child’s speech does contain elements from both languages:
Indonesian and Javanese. The language mixing occurs at mostly all linguistic levels.
The syntax, the morphology, and lexicon are formed or taken from both languages.
The analysis also reveals that the child is still at the initial level of a bilingual.
He has one lexical system with words from both languages. He also uses a
mixed syntactical system. Both are evidence that he is a simultaneous bilingual, a
bilingual from the start. Such language mixing is so common among normal
bilinguals. A child who grows up simultaneously learning two or more languages
usually goes through such a phase. This also makes possible that the child has been
exposed to a mixed language input. | en_US |
