UU KEBAHASAAN, KEWENANGAN PEMBAKUAN, DAN TANTANGAN GLOBAL BAHASA INDONESIA: SEBUAH ANALISIS WACANA KRITIS

Abstract

This article discusses the Language Law of 24, 2009 in the context of social conditions of the Indonesian society, having implications on (1) the authority on formulating principles of Indonesian languange standardization (2) Its acceptance by the society, and (3) the challlenges to Indonesian language during the globalization era. The three issues are discussed by employing a critical discourse analytical framework focusing on textual aspect, discourse and social practical. In this context, the text of the Language Law is regarded as a constitutional discourse. Inside there is an ideological discourse function, meaning that the discourse constitutes a form of social practice and has dialectical relations to other social dimensions. Thus, its discourse practice analysis would provide us with a picture of creation and reproduction of power relations (the government formulating the law and its executing institutions, and society as its users.

Keywords: language, law, challenge, discourse analysis