c. Prepositional Phrase
Data Code Text
937ITASTPT Kami pertama kali bertemu dua tahun lalu di New York, di
anniversary party
sebuah butik prestisius langganan ibu yang diadakan di Fifth Avenue.
Thanks to Mom,
aku mendapat akses khusus untuk menghadiri acara tersebut. Dengan
party
besar- besaran yang melibatkan desainer dan model- model berkiblat
internasional serta
auction for charity,
acara itu adalah
one mega event of the year,
especially not to be missed.
This chapter begins with the introduction about Maybella herself, who is being a narrator and also one of the main characters in the novel. After
introducing herself, Maybella begins to introduce Rashi, her best friend which being one of the main characters alongside her. Then she tells the story about how
the meet and become friends later. In this context, Maybella and Rashi first meet in New York two years ago.
In this context, Maybella tells that they first meet in the anniversary party of a prestigious boutique. In this case, code switching occurs within a sentence when
Maybella tells that they first meet in the anniversary party. The code switching “di
anniversary party
” here refers to place which becomes Maybella and Rashi’s first encounter. It is an event which Maybella and Rashi attend, an event which they
first met in New York, in the anniversary of a prestigious boutique where Maybella’s mothers become a regular customer. In this context, it is an
anniversary party that is used to celebrate a yearly special event Based on the data above, the speaker switches Indonesian into English in a
form of a phrase. The intra-sentential code switching occurs as a phrase “di
anniversary party
” in the middle of the sentence. The phrase “di
anniversary party
” here occurs as an adjunct of the sentence. In this case, this intra-sentential code swi
tching here has a head in form of Indonesian word, which is “di”.
B. Reasons of Using Code Switching in Chapter Three of Efendi’s
Unbelievable
1. Talking about Particular Topic
Code switching used for talking about particular topic reason is the code switching which happens because the speaker is talking about specific topic. The
speaker uses code switching because she he cannot find the right word, phrase of sentence in her his language. As explained before, talking about particular topic
reason also can b e used to express the speaker’s feeling and opinion, because the
speaker might be more comfortable in expressing her his feeling in different language.
Based on the data of the research listed, the writer found that there are 68 data of code switching which happens because the speaker is talking about
particular topic. Here is the data below:
Data Code Text
236ITASTPT
I used to be popular. I AM popular.
Coba ketik Maybella Wijaya di
browser
kamu dan akan muncul seengaknya sepuluh ribu artikel yang memuat namaku. Ada ratusan
fansite
yang didedikasikan khusus sebagai
tribute
untuk ke-
fabulous
-anku, satu
official site
yang dibuat agenku, Naomi, dan ribuan fotoku yang tersebar secara
online
.
That proves it, rite?
In this context, the code switching occurs in the narrative part when Maybella, as the speaker, is talking about herself. The code switching occurs as a
noun phrase with site as the head. The code switching occurs as a phrase within a sentence, therefore it belongs to intra-sentential code switching.
Based on the data above, the speaker uses the phrase official site because she is talking about particular topic, which in here the speaker talking about
computer terms internet terms, to be more specific. Official site here means a website which is officially released and
maintained by a person who is hired and has the right which is given by the owner of the object. The speaker uses the word official site because the English
definition of official site is more compatible than the Indonesian definition of what the speaker means by.
Below is the data of Efendi’s
Unbelievable
which has “talking about particular topic” as the reason:
Data Code Text
2438ITASTPT Di acara
auction
, cewek bernama Rashi- Rashi ini
nge-bid
paling tinggi untuk sepasang
vintage laceup boots
yang sangat, sangat
ah-dorable
.
Actually
, aku juga pasang
bid
untuk barang yang sama, tapi kartu kreditku udah keburu
overlimit
dengan tagihan belanja di
Barneys post exam stress relief
theraphy
tempo hari. Dengan sangat, sangat, sangat berat hati, aku melepaskan sepatu
irresistable
itu dan beralih ke sebuah
croco leather wrap clutch B. Romanek
dan sepasang
chandelier earrings opal Sandra Dini
. Kalau ingat- ingat sepatu itu, aku masih nyesel banget
. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
In this part, the code switching occurs in the narrative part when the speaker is telling about the auction party she attends. The speaker tells about what happens
in the auction party, the bidding event for some fashion items. Maybella mentions some items which becomes the bid. The code switching occurs when Maybella
mentions an item which is a
vintage laceup boots.
The code switching occurs as a noun phrase with boots as the head. The code switching occurs as a phrase within
a sentence, therefore it belongs to intra-sentential code switching. Based on the data above, the speaker uses code
switching “
vintage laceup boots
” because the speaker is talking about a particular topic, which in this context is considered as the terms on fashion items.
In this context, what the speaker means by
vintage laceup boots
is a boots which has a vintage style with a laceup. Boots itself is shoes which is a fitted
covering as of leather or rubber and usually reaching above the ankle. The next data of talking about particular topic reason can be seen below,
found in the page 39: Data Code
Text 3940ITESTPT
Aksesori ini dibuat spesial untukku oleh Anyali Paxton, desainer perhiasan muda yang sedang
on the rise
, saat pertama kali aku menginjakkan kaki di
runway Fashion Week. He said,
I was his muse,
dan Anyali adalah satu- satunya cowok yang berteman baik denganku tanpa
love and lust
di anatara kami. Setiap kali aku jadi model
runway
, dia akan mengirimkan satu
charm
untuk gelang tersebut,
for good luck.
Kalau yang ini, aku yakin, deh, nggak ada orang lain di dunia ini yang punya
selain aku. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
In the data above, the speaker tells about a friend of her named Anyali Paxton, a young jeweller designer, who gives her a charm- bracelet whenever she
will become a model on a runway. She talks about Anyali Paxton who is her only boy- friend, a friend who is a boy without any love interest between them. Then,
code switching occurs when she tells that Anyali said that Maybella was his muse. The code switching occurs in form of a sentence, therefore it belongs to inter-
sentential code switching. Based on the data above, the speaker uses code
switching “
He said, I was his muse
” because the speaker is talking about a particular topic, which in this
context is focusing on the word muse. In this context, the speaker is using code switching because there is no Indonesian word that is compatible to describe,
define and replace the word muse. In this case, the speaker is using code switching in when she tells that Anyali Paxton’s said that she was his muse.
Below is the last data of talking about particular topic reason provided: Data Code
Text 1738ITESTPT Pikiran pertamaku saat melihatnya adalah... biasa banget, deh.
Jadi, ini yang namanya Rashi?
Shes’s not even THAT pretty. What’s the big fuss all about?
In this part, the code switching occurs in the narrative part when the speaker is telling about her first impression when she meets Rashi in the anniversary party.
The speaker tells about her first thought which she said that Rashi is just ordinary, not really beautiful or stunning. The code switching occurs when Maybella
shocked because she thinks Rashi is not really pretty
in the sentence “Shes’s not