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REGISTER OF
INDONESIAN BADMINTON FANS
A THESIS
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Sarjana Degree Majoring in Linguistics in English Department
Faculty of Humanities Diponegoro University
Submitted by:
Deviana Kurniawati NIM: 13020113130052
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY
SEMARANG
2017
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PRONOUNCEMENT
I, as the researcher, honestly confirm that I wrote this thesis by myself without taking any results from other researchers in S-1, S-2, and S-3 and in diploma degree of any university. In addition, I verify that I did not quote any
material from other publication or someone’s work except for the references
mentioned.
Semarang, January 2018
Deviana Kurniawati iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
And if whatever trees upon the earth were pens and the sea [was ink], replenished thereafter by seven [more] seas, the words of Allah would not be exhausted. Indeed, Allah is exalted in Might and Wise.
—The Quran, Luqman:27
Ngilmu kang nyata karya reseping ati (The true knowledge establishes peace of mind)
—Javanese Philosophy
In the end we will win, we will win so naturally that no one see us coming.
—Bangtan Sonyeondan
This thesis is dedicated to my dearest family, and to everyone who loves badminton at heart
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APPROVAL
REGISTER OF INDONESIAN BADMINTON FANS
Written by
Deviana Kuriawati NIM 13020113130052
is approved by thesis advisor, on January 16th, 2018
Thesis Advisor,
Dra. Wiwik Sundari, M.Hum NIP. 19590607 199003 2 001
Head of English Department
Dr. Agus Subiyanto, M.A. NIP. 19640814 199001 1 001 v
VALIDATION
Approved by
Strata 1 Thesis Examination Committee
Faculty of Humanities Diponegoro University
On, 12thMarch 2018
- Chair Person
- First Member
Dr. Nurhayati, M.Hum NIP. 196610041990012001
Ayu Ida Savitri, SS, M.Hum NIP. 197908222008012013
- Second Member
- Third Member
Drs. Mualimin, M.Hum
NIP. 196111101987101001
Dra. R. Aj. Atrinawati, M.Hum
NIP. 196101011990012001 vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Praise is upon Allah Almighty for blessing me with grace and health that I am
able to accomplish this thesis entitled Register of Indonesian Badminton Fans as
one of the requirement to achieve bachelor degree in the English major of Faculty of Humanities, Diponegoro University.
I hereby give my deepest gratitude to my thesis advisor, Dra. Wiwik Sundari, M.Hum, for giving me a lot of guidance throughout the process of this thesis. Furthermore, I also want to assert my gratitude to:
1. Dr. Redyanto Noor, M. Hum, the Dean of Faculty of
Humanities,Diponegoro University;
2. Dr. Agus Subiyanto, M.A., the Head of English Department, Faculty of
Humanities,Diponegoro University;
3. My academic advisor, Ariya Jati, S.S., MA., for his guidance and support; 4. Lecturers and staff of English Department for the guidance, knowledge, and insight that help me grow as a student;
5. My dearest parents, Siti Mutmainah and Suyono, for shedding their blood, sweat, and tears raising me in order to be a human of character, also my beloved brothers, Muhammad Deni Setiawan and Ahmad Agung Prasetyo for being the best brothers they can be for me; vii
6. The family of English Department 2013 for their support throughout my college life;
7. Members of Lembaga Pers Mahasiswa Hayamwuruk across generation for the experience, stories, and winding journey together that I will keep as one of my most beautiful episodes in life;
8. Non-morning Person Squad—Risma, Novi, Listi, Dianira, Nurul, Ida, and
Qonita—for being my literal sisters and favourite partners in crime, thank you for all the laughter that makes my college life bearable;
9. My KKN teammates: Mas Satria, Ismun, Niko, Aziz, Rea, Tia, and Windy whom I shared so many experiences and all family of Tanurejo;
10. Members of Department of English Development of EDSA 2015, and
KSSI Department of Kharisma;
11. Shiela Agatha Christiana for lots of support and courage she gives for me through ups and downs;
12. Diko, Yus, Mir’ah, and Lala for being great discussion mates; and 13. All great friends around. viii
CONTENTS
PRONOUNCEMENT…………………………………………...................i MOTTO AND DEDICATION…………………………………………...iii APPROVAL….
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VALIDATION………………………………………………………….....v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT……………………………………….………..vi
CONTENTS……………………………………………………………..viii
LIST OF ABBREVIATION………………………………………….…..x
LIST OF TABLES………………………………………………………..xi
LIST OF FIGURES………………………………………………...........xii LIST OF CHARTS………………………………………………...........xiii
ABSTRACT……………………………………….…………………….xiv
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION………………….………………..……1 1.1. Background of the Study……………………………………….….1 1.2. Scope of the Study……………………………………………..…..3 1.3. Research Questions………………………………………..............4
1.4. Objectives……………………………………………………..……4
1.5. Previous Research………………………………….………............4 1.6. Writing Organization……………………………….………............7 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE………….….................9 2.1. Register…………………………………………………….............9 2.2. Text and Situation…………………………………….…………...12 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD…………………......…………...23 ix
3.1. Type of Research…………………………………………............23 3.2. Data, Population, Sample, and Sampling Technique …...……….23 3.3. Method of Collecting Data………………….……………......…..27 3.4. Method of Analysing Data……………………………...…...…..28 CHAPTER IVDATA ANALYSIS…………………………...................29 4.1. Field of Discourse………………………………...……................32 4.2. Mode of Discourse…………………..……………….…………...43 4.3. Tenor of Discourse……………………………….…….…..……..49 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION………………………….……….……….58
REFERENCES…………………………………………..……….……….59
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LIST OF ABBREVIATION
BWF GPG IC
Badminton World Federation Grand Prix Gold International Challenge
Men’s Double
MD MS
Men’s Single
QF
Quarter Final
SS
Super Series
SSF SSP WD WJC WS
Super Series Final Super Series Premiere
Women’s Double
World Junior Championship
Women’s Single
Mixed Double
XD
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LIST OF TABLES
- Table 1 Spoken and Written Text
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Table 2. User List Table 3. Tweet Analysis Recapitulation xii
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. Sample of Twitter account @bulutangkisRI home display................... 24 Figure 2. Tweetcatcher archiving display............................................................. 27 xiii
LIST OF CHARTS
Chart 1. Technicality Chart................................................................................... 34 Chart 2. Technicality Distribution......................................................................... 35 Chart 3. Mode Distribution Chart ......................................................................... 48 Chart 4. Tweet Frequency Chart ........................................................................... 50 Chart 5. Affective Involvement Distribution Chart .............................................. 51 xiv
ABSTRACT
Across the years, Indonesian badminton athletes had given many records, achievements, and trophies which make badminton become the most fruitful and supreme sport discipline in the nation. The popularity of this sport is undeniable and thus creates community of fans. In this thesis, I try to identify the character of this fans community through their social media text from Twitter and then analyse them using theory of field, mode, and tenor. The data are collected from 6 chosen user accounts based on observation with the total 3,039 tweets. The analysis is conducted systematically to reveal the pattern of the text based on every aspect of field, tenor, and mode; and later the characters depicted from the analysis is drawn. The result shows that Indonesian badminton fans community is a dynamic, inclusive, and versatile community with wide range of topics and personal approach in delivering their message (unless for some technical subjects). This circumstance reveals that this community serves at least two purposes which are: 1) to inform and to educate the internal circle of community; and 2) to expand the community by maintaining and increasing the digital visibility.
Keywords: register, sociolinguistics, social media, and badminton.
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter, I would like to explain the background of the study, why this study is significant to research. In addition to that, there are also research questions, purpose of the study, and the scope of the study. To conclude this chapter, there would be an elaboration of the writing organization of the thesis.
1.1. Background of the Study
According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, badminton is defined as “a game in which a light feathered object (called as shuttlecock) is hit over a net by
players using light rackets”. Although the story of badminton, which was once a
battledore, started around 17th century (Adams, 1980), it appeared first on the Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona. Badminton has changed in terms of system from time to time as a sport discipline.
Even though badminton is found or shaped in the land of England, badminton was taken over by Asian countries for the past half a century—even more (Lim, 2012). The most exact prove is that from Olympic 1992-2016, the Olympic medallist for badminton is dominated by Asian countries and very few numbers of European players could emerge the podium. That happens not only in the Olympic, but also in the annual tournaments and BWF (Badminton World Federation) major events in which Asian players dominate most of the titles.
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Indonesia had formed itself as one of the most influential countries in badminton sport aside of China, Malaysia, and Korea. Those four countries are known as the countries of badminton which had played a big role with their dominating achievements both in individual and group tournaments. Indonesia has many legendary badminton athletes and they are very prominent such as Susy Susanti, Liem Swie King, Christian Hadinata, etc. Besides, badminton is the most contributing sport discipline for Indonesia in various levels of multi-event tournaments; for example SEA Games, Asian Games, and Olympics. From the total amount of 7 Olympic gold medals that had been achieved, all of them were attained from badminton discipline.
In the era of internet of things, digital communities are growing such as sport fans. However, each of communities will have their different kind of discourse. Badminton fans would have different kind of topics compared to football fans. As Indonesian football is mainly focused in local competition, it would be different with Indonesian badminton that plays in international and elite level. However, football is getting more exposure in television broadcasts than badminton that affects the discourse in the social media. This is an example of why different communities will have their own ‘discourse-style. That uniqueness is what I want to find in Indonesian badminton community through their register analysis.How does that uniqueness appear? It does appear through their text delivered in social media platform. That is the key to know how they shape their interest—badminton as both sport and entertainment—in a certain way.
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The prominence of badminton in Indonesia, thus, cannot be denied. The great history in the sport field has made badminton very popular. The massive exposure of badminton at that time—including television broadcasts—created numerous of badminton fans.
Badminton fans nowadays are interacting either by doing gathering or simply joining discussions in social media. What I want to analyse in this study is the interaction between them as a social community which is particularly going on social media. I would focus on the expressions they often use to describe every aspect in badminton—athletes, tournaments, and other badminton stuffs.
1.2. Scope of the Study
This study only focuses on analysing the expression used by badminton fans to describe the aspects of the sport. The big frame I apply in the study is register concept which is included in sociolinguistics study. Badminton fans that exist as social community have some particular language variations. It means that, there are expressions which can only be understood by people who have special interest in badminton stuff. Here I emphasize on Indonesian badminton fans because I know the access to its media channels. I also possess deeper comprehension about the language variations in order to make proper analysis.
I limit my research only for social media texts. In this modern era when internet enables people to communicate within distant location, the interaction between the badminton fans could reach a larger scale—even nation-wide. Social media thus allow the fans to interact such as to put comments, give information,
4and so on.In social media, they could establish certain expressions to communicate. The benefit of using social media is that the data can be accessed for free wherever and whenever. Moreover, I am able toretrieve the interaction from the past which is still recorded. Therefore, I can analyse the data taken during quite longer period of time.
1.3. Research Questions
Here are the research questions that this study is going to answer:
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- What are the register of Indonesian badminton fans in terms of field,
mode, and tenor?
2. What is the tendency of register usage among the badminton fans? 3. What does the register depict?
1.4. Objectives
The purposes of the study are as follows:
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- to investigate the specific register usage of Indonesian badminton fans
in terms of field, tenor, and mode;
2. 3. to examine the meaning and the pattern of the register; and to describe the character of badminton fans in social media based on the register.
1.5. Previous Research
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The study of sociolinguistics particularly register is not something new.
However, it is very important since the result of the study uncover the language variations from various social circles. Everyday language that is particularly used in a social community is important to record. It shows that the language has dynamicity and a chance to develop. The study of badminton fans registers is also essential since it can disclose a community that is quite large in number who is into sport that has a significant history in Indonesia. It is also potential because this research could show how a particular community use social media text in this digital era. These are several literatures that have studied register analysis:
In the research conducted by Wardhana (2013) entitled Analysis Register in
Action Figure Trade in Kaskus, there are two questions that became the main points of the study: 1) What are the registers used by the members of action figures trading forum on Kaskus?, and 2) How are the register variables which consist of field, mode, and tenor applied in statements or conversations made by the members of action figure trading forum on Kaskus?
This study focused only for action figure trading Kaskus forum. The writer used Halliday theory of field, tenor, and mode to determine the registers that are contained in the text. The findings showed that there are 14 kinds of register used in the forum. Thus, it was classified into 10 common used words and 4 uncommon ones.I try to fill the gap in the research above which is further analysis including the analysis of the meaning, the pattern and the attitude of the addresser when they use register in their language use.
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In the research conducted by Fransiskus Kristiawan (2010) in his thesis
entitled Analisis Variabel Register pada Teks Berita Olahraga dalam Surat
Kabar‘The Jakarta Post’, it was stated that in every sport discipline, there must be some special terms to encode certain meanings. The study also used Systematic Functional Linguistics to investigate the deeper detail of register to answer the research problems: first, the variables of the register; second, the context of register. The finding was that in the sport news, there were registers proven by the existence of its variables. In addition to that, the terms used in one sport discipline differ from other disciplines that context is important to determine the intended meaning.
This research has the same field of object with the research I conduct.
However, the difference is that Kristiawan (2010) used sport articles in the newspaper which tend to be more formal in term of language variation and only involve the writers as the producer of the text. Meanwhile, I used written conversations which are more informal and more flexible in use. Besides, the research included more persons as the producers of the text. Another gap is the period of the data collecting. Kristiawan used one edition of The Jakarta Post while I used data taken from longer period of time.
The last previous study is a thesis entitled The Register Used by Police in
Brigade Mobile (BRIMOB) by Fatmawati (2011). This descriptive qualitative thesis studied the registers in one subdivision of governmental institution which is Brigade Mobile (BRIMOB). The method the writer used to collect the data is total sampling. The analysis used referential identity and distribution method. The