Gorom Languagers Phonological Differences Viewed from Age and Occupation Factors: Socio-dialectology Study

Abstract

This study was aimed to explore the phonological differences of Gorom language viewed from age and occupation factors, by using socio-dialectology approach.Adult and children speakers belong to age factor while farmers and civil servants speakers belong to occupation factor.This study used 24 Gorom community leaders as the data sources.There were 6 observation areas, which were determined by the vertical downward model.The data of this study was 880 basic vocabularies of Gorom language.They were obtained through interview and field note listing and were analyzed by using the matching method.The data analysis showed that there were phonological variation of Gorom language sounds [wa] ~ [U], [k] ~ [?], [r] ~ [l], [b] ~ [i], and [d] ~ [t].Farmers used different phonological forms with the civil servants, and adult speakers used different phonological forms with children as well.The results of this study can be used by teachers and lecturers in language teaching and learning, especially in teaching vocabulary.

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