A STUDY OF THE USE OF DIGLOSSIA IN ROSSA CHARACTER DIALOGUE IN IKATAN CINTA

Abstract

Human always communicate each other using language. Different society of social dimension cause language variety. One of language variation is diglossia. Diglossia have two variations, high variation (H) and low variation (L). Situation where in one society use more than one language called bilingualism. There are four types of correlation between bilingualism and diglossia; (1) bilingualism and diglossia, (2) diglossia without bilingualism, (3) bilingualism without diglossia, (4) without bilingualism and without diglossia. This study attempts to describe the use of diglossia in Rossa character dialogue in Ikatan Cinta soap opera. This study used descriptive qualitative method. The object of this study was Rossa character in Ikatan Cinta soap opera which is broadcasted in RCTI at 7.30 p.m. Data gathered through document analysis. The result shows there was correlation between bilingualism and diglossia that used by Rossa character dialogue in Ikatan Cinta soap opera.