Ragam Bahasa dalam Youtuber Jepang

Abstract

This writing discusses about the Japanese language variation looked at from the perspective of its speakers and usages. The use of Japanese based on its speakers’ positions in the society is known to have three varieties such as sonkeigo, teineigo and futsugo. It is the speaker, the context and the situation which determine the distinctive use of either one of the three styles in the daily conversation. This article focuses on the variety ofJapanese language on youtuber videos. The purpose of this study is to increase the Japanese learners’ knowledge on different kinds of Japanese varieties used in daily
communication, especially by people in the youtuber video.

The data are collected from Japan youtuber videos. The approach used in this
study is a qualitative approach. Methodologically, the data found are processed descriptively. The writer found that Japanese youtubers use futsugo and teineigo in their speech. The analysis also reveals that they use the word patterns of ryuukougo and wakamonokotoba in their use of adjectives, verbs as well as adverbials. The pattern of wakamonokotoba processes of shortening in the middle and the end of a word, changing sound in some words, borrowing, and adding i to a word that changes the word class into
an adjective are also found.