A Sociolinguistic study of code switching used by the Ambonese architecture students of Petra Christian University

, Felly (2006) A Sociolinguistic study of code switching used by the Ambonese architecture students of Petra Christian University. Bachelor thesis, Petra Christian University.

Abstract

This is a study of code switching, especially code switching among the students in architecture department in Petra Christian University. The writer is interested in analyzing the codes that they used when they code switched and the code which was mostly used in their daily conversation. In doing the study, the writer used descriptive quantitative approach. To obtain the data, she listened to the conversation and recorded the conversation in informal situation. Afterwards, she classified the data in the table. In her research, she found that Ambonese architecture students used four codes in their daily conversations. They usually used Indonesian when they wanted to start the conversation. The switching was mostly between Indonesia to other languages such as English, Javanese and Ambonese. They tend to code switch mostly from Indonesian to English

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