TY - JOUR AU - Tamrin Tamrin PY - 2013/12/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Attitudes of Buginese Ethnic on Buginess Language Maintenance in Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi Province JF - Gramatika: Jurnal Ilmiah Kebahasaan dan Kesastraan JA - gramatika VL - 1 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.31813/gramatika/1.2.2013.55.151--166 UR - http://gramatika.kemdikbud.go.id/index.php/gramatika/article/view/55 AB - This research aims to describe the attitudes of Buginess ethnic on Buginese language at Donggala regency, Central Sulawesi Province and to describe what factors make Buginess ethnic in Donggala regency behave positively or negatively toward buginese language. Incollecting data, the researcher used sociolinguistic approach with questioner technique,interview, observation, and taping. The data then were analyzed according to Likert scale attitude measurement scale. The result indicated that as an immigrant ethnic, buginess ethnic in Donggala regency, Central Sulawesi Province has still been maintaining Buginess language viewed from age categories, gender, education, or job. Loyalty, awareness of the norms, and language pride are among those factors. ER -