Institusion
Universitas Darma Persada
Author
Stefani Centi Krisna, Tobing
Subject
420 English/Bahasa Inggris
Datestamp
2024-10-29 03:16:49
Abstract :
Nowadays, communication can be done face to face and through the social
media. Many people switch code from one language to another. It is known as
code-switching. In this term paper, the writer tries to analyze code-switching that
used by people on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The writer will first
introduce definition of the terms, types of code-switching and reasons of code
switching. After that, the writer presents and outlines data that collected on the
social media. The aims of this study are to find out whether intra-sentential, inter
sentential or emblematic switching on types of code-switching; and talking about
particular topic, quoting somebody else, interjection, repetition used for
clarification or real lexical need on reasons of code-switching mostly appeared on
social media. The writer uses qualitative method to collect all of the data. There
are one hundred twenty data in the form of images obtained from sixty random
people. The result shows that inter-sentential switching (36%) the types of code
switching and talking about particular topic ( 62%) the reasons of code-switching
are mostly appeared on the social media. Finally, based on distribution frequency
of gender, woman (70%) is the mostly used code-switching on social media.