PEMAKAIAN BAHASA DALAM KELUARGA MULTIETNIS DI DESA SANUR

This study aims to described use of language in multi-ethnic family in Sanur village of South Denpasar, Bali. The description includes (1) the useof language in multi-ethnic family, (2) the funcyion of Indonesian language in the multi-ethnic family, (3) Linguistics constraints faced by multi-ethnic families in Sanur in the communication, both within the family and outside the family. This study uses socio-pragmatics thepry that is sociolinguistics theory which sees the language to be in touch with the community of native speakers. Therefore, language is always heterogenous (not homogeneous) because of the community diversity of the languge speakers. Then, the theory is combined with the pragmatic theory that studies how significant an utterance in certain situation (Leech, 1983X). The method of collectin data in this study is a field method of analysis is descriptive method. This study found that (1) Based on various situation of language usage, the language used are (a) Indonesian language is used in formal situation and and when the conversation in the family attended the third person Indonesian languge mixed with Balinese languge are used in non-formal and emotional situation and also when the dialogue happened in the family without any third person attendace. (2) In the multi-ethnic families in Sanur, Indonesian language is used in the office, public health center and school. Meanwhile, within the family, wedding or funerals ceremony and shopping in the market, they use Indonesian languge mixed with local and foreign language. Then, in the family meeting and in emotioonal situation, they use local language (Balinese), and for greeting the neighbor on the street, they use mixed language (Balinese and Indonesian language). Finally, in the religious situation, such as communication situation of personal relationship to the God, they use Indonesian language mixed with the religion language (spell, Arabic, and Japanese). (3) The communication constraints in multi-ethnic family such as the language in the beginning of communication and also different culture and religion. Keywords: languge use, the function of Indonesian languge, multi-ethnic family