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Essay On Code Switching

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THE ANALYSIS OF CODE SWITCHING AND CODE MIXING IN INDONESIAN TWITTERS BY NON ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS OF ATMA JAYA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

INTRODUCTION Nowadays, technology and internet media are rapidly evolved. Anytime and anywhere people can access and use the internet using their mobile phone. By using mobile phone, people also can access many online applications, such as social networks, online games or even streaming videos by using youtube. Twitter is one of social networks which can be used easily by using mobile phone. People use twitter not only to share about what they feel, but also to communicate with their friends, share information, photos or even share advertisement about a product. However, twitter has limitation of 140 …show more content…

And, to know more about code switching, Poplack found 3 types of code switching. Based on Poplack’s notion of code switching (1980), there are 3 types of code switching, which are tag switching, intra-sentential switching, and inter-sentential switching. Tag switching is inserting a tag, interjection or particular phrase in a language including an utterance which is used different language. Intra-sentential switching is switching from one language to the other languages in the same sentences. And, Inter-sentential switching is switching from one language to another language in a different …show more content…

The tweet from @F: Abis jengukin partner in crime, @d. Cepet sembuh biar bisa away nyusul gw dipekalongan hahahayy is one of the examples of intra-sentential switching. He added English words, partner in crime and away in the middle of his Bahasa Indonesia sentence. Furthermore, inter-sentential switching is the second types of code switching that most Indonesian people used in their tweets. The example of inter-sentential switching is tweet from @s: Intinya jangan menyerah—berjalanlah fokus terus ke depan—jangan tengok-tengok ke belakang. Fear not, strength unknown He will provide. In the first sentence, she used Bahasa Indonesia, and the next sentence she used English language. The least of frequent types of code switching used by Indonesian people is tag switching. Tweet from @C: Kaos di Quickening lagi kece-kece. Ku jadi galau is the example of tag switching. She added “quickening” name of a cloth brand in her

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