The Use of Bilingualism in Society and The Factors That Influence

Abstract

This research is motivated by people who rarely use monolingual languages (1 language). But in everyday life, there are still many people who use two languages (bilingual). At least people who use regional languages and Indonesian. This research was conducted on Subang University students. The results showed that the linguistic situation of Javanese and Sundanese speaking students at the University of Subang was characterized by language contact which made Javanese and Sundanese speaking students at the University of Subang a bilingual society. This study uses a sociolinguistic approach and is a field research. The Sociolinguistic Approach is a methodology that focuses on communication developed using qualitative data. Words become data. The results of this study indicate that the use of bilingualism in society can make it easier for them to adapt to new environments, as well as being a language link or translator for people who have difficulty communicating.