Langkawi: Journal of The Association for Arabic and English (Sep 2016)
THE IMPACT OF SLANG IN THE USING OF INDONESIAN LANGUAGE FOR YOUNG GENERATION
Abstract
Slang is the number of words or terms that has special meaning, unique, distorted or even contrary to common sense when used by people of a particular subculture. There are concerns that becomes anxiety for observers society of the national language, that are the increasing of weakening the using of Indonesian standard on most of the younger generation caused by the using of language that deviate from standard Indonesian, this resulted in the language used becomes not popular for all ages. Speaking truth will affect the truth of the information submitted. Language does not belong to an individual that can only be used and understood by speakers alone, but it would be more appropriate the using of language when the speaker and hearer understand each other by well meaning, without having limited by the age limit. Intervention of slang sometimes arise in using Indonesian language in official situations that lead to the use of Indonesian mixed with slang and becomes uncommunicative because it can not generally understood by all people. Regardless of whether or not disrupt of the slang, also has the positive impact that with the slang, the adolescents become more creative. So that the user does not hurt if it merely enjoy any changes or innovations emerging language but it must be used in the right situation, the right media and the right conditions. To avoid the use of slang that is very widespread in society in the future, the need for efforts at this time to embed and develop an understanding and love of the self-generation of the Indonesian as a National Language. The parents, teachers and the government are highly demanded their performance in embedding and develop the understanding of and love of the children of Indonesia to the Indonesian language. Thus, the use of good and right Indonesian language in the present and in the future may observed. So that the use is not interfere with originality of Indonesian as a language that unifying the nation.
