jati Bandung State Islamic University that joined together on Spartan Lovers Association (SLA) group on facebook.
So, the questions for the research are formulated as follows:
1. What are the types of code switching written by the 8th semester students of English Department found in facebook comments?
2. What are the possible reasons of the 8th semester students of English Department switch their Bahasa Indonesia into English on facebook comments?
C. Purpose and Significance of Research
1. Purpose of Research
There are two main purposes of this research, they are:
1. To know what the type of code switching written by the 8th semester students of English Department found in facebook comments is.
2. To recognize the possible reasons of the 8th semester students of English Department switch their Bahasa Indonesia into English on facebook comments.
2. Significance of Research
The result of the research is expected to be used as one of the sources of information about the code switching on social networking facebook. This might be used as a reference for those who are interested in the subject of sosioliguistics. This research can be used as alternative for learning the development of language and its phenomenon. The researcher will describe the language and phenomenon, especially the code switching through the sociolinguistics theory.
D. Conceptual Framework
According to Myres and Scotton (2006), the most general definition of codeswitching is this: the use of two language varieties in the same conversation. Code-switching can be distinguished from other language contact phenomena such as loan translation (calques), borrowing, pidgins and creoles, and transfer or interference. According to Hoffman (1991: 112), there are 5 types of code switching, there are:
In this kind of code switching, tags and certain set phrases in one language are inserted into an utterance otherwise in another. For example:
Hurray!! Akhirnya akku menemukanmu kamu disini.
This kind of code switching occurs within a clause or sentence boundary, as when an Indonesian/English bilingual says:
Subahanallah...... yang namanya parent mah always pray for all of you. Berharap all of you be success. That's way, belajarlah seriously.
This kind of code switching occurs at a clause or sentence boundary, where each clause or sentence is in one language or the other, as when an English Departments student says:
Thank you, jempolers... what i meant, we need curriculum-based "link and match". Ya, kalau kebetulan litaracy-nya ngomongin menu mulu... bukan salah sekolah kalau anak jadi bisa masak. This last may also occur as speakers take turns.
4. Establishing continuity with the previous speaker
This kind of code switching occurs to continue the utterance of the previous speaker, as when one Indonesian speaker speaks in English and then the other speaker tries to respond in English also. Yet, that speaker can also switch again to bahasa Indonesia. For instance:
R1 : si pinky copas terus..haha
R2 : Hhahaaa... Lagii 'thinkless' maw...
R1 : thinkless do more..haha
R2 : thinkless pastemore! ;D
R1 : haha kreatip
5. Involving a change of pronounciation
This kind of code switching occurs at the phonological level, as when Indonesian people say an English word, but modify it to Indonesian phonological structure. For instance, the word ‘strawberry’ is said to be ‘stroberi’ by Indonesian people.
Those are the type of code switching. The people surely also have reasons why he or she switches their native language into English. Here are the reasons for bilinguals to switch or mix their languages according to Hoffman (1991:116):
1. Talking about a particular topic
People sometimes prefer to talk about a particular topic in one language rather than in another. Sometimes, a speaker feels free and more comfortable to express their emotional feelings in a language that is not their everyday language.
2. Quoting somebody else
People sometimes like to quote a famous expression or saying of some well-known figures. In Indonesian, those well-known figures are mostly from some English-speaki