The Speech Styles Used by Multilingual Speakers in Pesantren Mahasiswa IAIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya

ABSTRACT

In the process of communication with other person, the style is an urgent case. it can bring the messages which will be delivered by the participants. the speaker does not need to state the messages directly inside of communication. in this way, both the speaker and the listener be able to choose the right style they expect it. furthermore, it also attempts to establish principles capable of explaining the particular choices made by individuals and social groups in their use of language, such as socialisation.

This research is focused on the english style spoken by multilingual speakers in pesantren mahasiswa iain sunan ampel surabaya and the circumstances they use it in their daily communication. it is very important since everyone does not always speak in exactly the same way. it is very possible they use different style in different circumstances.

This research is descriptive qualitative because the researcher wants to get an obvious description of the words and the utterances, which are used in different circumsances. therefore, the data are in the form of words and utterances, not in the form of number. after the data were collected, they were presented and analyzed based on the characteristic patterns of the style and also the circumstances they were used.

The researcher found several characteristics which are used by the multilingual speakers in pesantren mahasiswa iain sunan ampel surabaya. they are: lexical characteristic patterns, word formation characteristic patterns, grammatical characteristic patterns. in lexical characteristic patterns, there are many words which are applied for addressing and greeting. in word formation characteristic patterns, the multilingual speakers mostly apply derivational, clipping, and borrowing. in grammatical characteristic patterns, multilingual speakers mostly apply phrases, simple, compound, complex , and compound- complex sentences. the circumstances are also various, they used it in relax conversation, joking, serious, delivering speech, playing language games, and giving announcement.