Mengungkap Identitas Sosial melalui Bahasa Korea: Kajian Sosiolinguistik dalam Crime Scene Returns (2024)

In the context of South Korean sociolinguistics, this study reveals that language serves not only as a means of communication but also as a reflection of social identity and cultural dynamics. Understanding the language variation in Crime Scene Returns (2024) can also provide deep insight into how different social identities are represented through language. This research is a type of descriptive qualitative research that aims to identify how the language variations used by participants in Crime Scene Returns can represent social identity according to the role played. Identification is carried out using linguistic elements of language variation in the level of formality, neologism, and professional terms. The method used is language variation analysis method with sociolinguistic approach, and data categorization using social distribution analysis technique. The results of this study show several factors in South Korea where social identity influences an individual's language choice. Among them are social factors which include social status, age, and profession, as well as cultural factors such as the existence of hierarchy and the concept of Jeong. Despite using different linguistic elements (because it adapts to the social reality of each society), the results of the study also reveal the existence of social identity links through the language used. Language variation functions not only as a means of communication but also as a reflection of social identity. In the context of South Korea, factors such as hierarchy, professional terms derived from hanja, and neologisms highlight identity, authority, and modernity. This research reveals how language use between roles reflects identity, power, and social change in Korean society.