This article explores the shift away from formal styles of Javanese to the use of the national
language, Indonesian, within the context of new educational and social opportunities for …

While much scholarship has been devoted to the interplay between language, identity and
social relationships, we know less about how this plays out interactionally in diverse …

Nation-states manage and simplify diversity through a range of practices, including
schooling and the mass media. Some argue that the forces that engender diversity have …

This article examines how portrayals of Javanese and Indonesian in language policy, the
media, and educational settings might lead to enregisterment. This process of association of …

Calls for more holistic sociolinguistics have increased in recent years, especially ones that
enable multi-level approaches to the interpretation of language use. This paper shows how …

While there is a significant amount of research on language choice in intraethnic interactions
in Indonesia, there have been few studies done on interethnic conversations. This lack of …

This article focuses on the question of how systems of expectations for social conduct
develop in a context characterized by diversity and transience. The empirical focus is a …

It is now widely recognised that learning a language for everyday use needs to include the
learning of socially appropriate uses of the language, but Indonesian programmes have …

How do certain ideas and practices become socially valued in particular times and places?
Why do we see some countries as having better governance or leadership than others? In …

This paper focuses on the role of institutions and everyday talk in the building of
associations between language, region, ethnicity and class in Indonesia. In particular, I am …