Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In sociolinguistics, prestige describes the level of respect accorded to a language or dialect as compared to that of other languages or dialects in a speech community. The concept of prestige in sociolinguistics is closely related to that of prestige or class within a society. Generally, there is positive prestige associated with the language or dialect of the upper classes, and negative prestige with the language or dialect of the lower classes. The concept of prestige is also closely tied to the idea of the standard language, in that the most prestigious dialect is likely to be considered the standard language, though there are some notable exceptions to this rule, such as Arabic. Prestige is particularly visible in situations where two or more languages come in contact, and in diverse, socially stratified urban environments, in which there are likely to be speakers of different languages or dialects interacting frequently.
Mencintai, dicintai dan saling memiliki adalah impian setiap insan, begitu pula harapan hati Retha. Mencintai laki-laki sejak SMA, membuat Retha rela menanti dan membuka harapan besar demi menunggu ungkapan hati dari Degie.. Kepergian Degie yang tiba-tiba dan tanpa pamit, membuat hati Retha tergoncang. Hingga sebuah janji yang terlanjur diucapkan, menghantarnya kedalam pelukan Satria. Dan sejak saat itu, pelan-pelan hatinya tersiksa dalam jebakan dilema.. Aku terhimpit keadaan.. Terjebak oleh masa lalu.. Dan terikat akan masa depan.. Raga dan hati tak sejalan.. Kini ku didera dilema.. Yang semakin menyiksa.. Disaat ia mulai menyadari tulus cinta Satria, sosok masa lalunya kembali. Degie datang dengan membawa cinta yang telah lama ia pendam. Ketika dua kapal telah berlabuh disamudra hatinya, kapal manakah yang telah menetap disamudranya ? masa lalunya atau masa depannya ? tidak ada yang mampu membaca hati seseorang, karna hati seluas samudra. Jawaban itu hanya ada didalam samudra hati Retha..