Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra
Vol 14, No 2 (2026)

Ragam Bahasa dan Konstruksi Identitas Hibrida pada Konten TikTok @arab_ngapak: Kajian Sosiolinguistik

Riska Syawalia (Universitas Negeri Semarang)
Prembayun Miji Lestari (Universitas Negeri Semarang)
Eka Yuli Astuti (Universitas Negeri Semarang)



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Publish Date
03 Aug 2026

Abstract

The development of social media platforms, especially TikTok, has given rise to new linguistic phenomena that are interesting to study sociolinguistically. This study aims to describe the variety of languages and linguistic characteristics in the content of @arab_ngapak TikTok accounts. Using a qualitative descriptive method with a sociolinguistic approach, data was collected from 12 videos uploaded in March–December 2025 through the free participation listening technique (SBLC) and the recording technique. Data analysis used the Miles and Huberman models. The main theoretical frameworks include Martin Joos' theory of linguistic diversity and the theory of Chaer and Agustina's language variation. The results showed three dominant language types: consultative, intimate, and casual, with the business variety being the most frequent due to the high level of promotional content. Prominent linguistic characteristics include the mixing of Arabic and Javanese codes of the Ngapak dialect as a form of hybrid identity enregistration, the use of pisuhan as a marker of group solidarity, and the simile language style. These findings contribute to understanding how content creators use a variety of languages to construct social identities in the digital space.

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Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

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Language and Literature which including review of comparative literature, modern literature, creative expressions, new literary history, practice and theory of creative writing literature and language, methodologies of literature and language, Theories and practice of literary studies, linguistics, ...