Code Switching in Indonesian Pop Songs
| Main Author: | Ifa Dewi Safitri; 2008 |
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| Format: | PeerReviewed application/rtf application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | ind |
| Terbitan: |
, 2009
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| Online Access: |
http://karya-ilmiah.um.ac.id/index.php/sastra-inggris/article/view/2913 http://karya-ilmiah.um.ac.id/index.php/sastra-inggris/article/download/2913/1466 |
Daftar Isi:
- ABSTRACTSafitri, Ifa Dewi. 2008. Code Switching in Indonesian Pop Songs. S-1 Thesis,English Department, State University of Malang. Advisors: Dr. ArwijatiWahyudi, M.Pd.Key words: Code switching, Indonesian pop song lyricsThis study aims at describing code switching found in Indonesian popsongs composed by some Indonesian pop song composers. There are two researchproblems in this study, namely: what types of code switching are found inIndonesian pop song composed by Indonesian pop song composers and what arethe reasons why the composers switch the language in their songs.This study is expected to give some useful contributions to the theory ofSociolinguistics, particularly the theory of code switching. The findings of thisstudy are expected to give some useful insights to English Department students inorder to get better understanding of the use of code switching by Indonesian popsong composers.The research design of this study is descriptive qualitative and the data ofthe study is in the form of written lyrics. There are three steps for collecting thedata: (1) finding the lyrics of Indonesian pop songs in the internet and in the songsmagazines, (2) selecting lyrics that consist of Indonesian-English code switching,and (3) coding the selected code switching (data) by giving numbers to help theanalysis run well. The results show that there are 4 types of code switching whichare used by Indonesian pop song composers. They are: (1) intra-sententialswitching, (2) inter-sentential switching, (3) emblematic switching, and (4)involving a word within a sentence.There are 6 reasons why Indonesian pop song composers code switch fromone language into another in their composed songs. They are: (1) talking about aparticular topic, (2) inserting a sentence fillers or sentence connectors, (3)repetition used for clarification, (4) expressing group identity, (5) softening andstrengthening request or command, and (6) inserting a real lexical need.From the findings, Inter-sentential switching is mostly used by someIndonesian pop song composers because they prefer to express their messagesfrom one language then code switch it into another language. Emblematicswitching is the least code switching which is found in this study becauseemblematic code switching as tags or exclamations as an emblem of bilingualcharacter is usually found in exchange, whereas most of the songs tell aboutstories.It is known that Indonesian pop song composers do code switchingbecause they mostly talk about particular topics, namely love, unity, and party,and they intent to "show off" their group identity as Indonesian pop songcomposers who are able to code switch into English in their composed songs.Inserting a sentence fillers or sentence connectors is the least reason why theIndonesian pop song composer code switches her language from BahasaIndonesia into English because sentence fillers or sentence connectors sometimesare used in conversation which occur intentionally or unintentionally. Besides,usually, bilingual or multilingual uses them because he/she has been familiar withthem.