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Table 4.9 The Most Frequent Phrase Code-switching in Feature Category
Magazines Phrase examples
Total amount Eye shadow
38 Man Manual
21 Mr. Happy
14 Miss Cheerful
Cosmopolitan
Common Mistake 10
Eye shadow Beauty Beat
12 Fashion Beat
9 Signature Style
Female
One night stand 8
Work smart 18
Work hard 14
Work life 9
Makeup artist Herworld
Pre-wedding jitters 8
c. News
In this category, phrase code-switching were found infrequently in Cosmopolitan magazines. There were 343 cases of phrase code-switching
happening in news category of Cosmopolitan magazines. In addition, the most frequent phrase code-switching cases that appeared in news category were noun
phrases. In Female magazines, there were 492 phrase code-switching cases found in
this category. Out of that number, the most frequent phrase code-switching that emerged in news category were noun phrases.
Herworld magazines contained the most number of phrase code-switching cases in this category. There were 506 cases found in news category of Herworld
magazines. Moreover, the most frequent phrase code-switching cases that occurred in news category were noun phrases.
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In addition, table 4.10 showed some phrase code-switching which emerged frequently in the news category of the target magazines.
Table 4.10 The Most Frequent Phrase Code-switching in News Category
Magazines Phrase examples
Total amount Fun Fearless Fashion
9 Lip gloss
7 Fashion News
Talk show 4
Cosmopolitan
Eco car 3
Beauty Beat 15
Fashion Beat 11
Skin Pigmentation 10
The process 6
Female
Style Spy 5
Door prize 5
Beauty Awards Garage sale
Time out 4
Herworld
Travel agent 3
d. Opinion
Among the other three categories, this part had the least number of phrase code-switching cases. However, Cosmopolitan magazines had the most cases of
phrase code-switching. There were 231 cases found in opinion category of Cosmopolitan. In addition, the most frequent phrase code-switching cases that
happened in opinion category were noun phrases. On the other hand, Female magazines had 47 cases of phrase code-switching
which represented the least number of phrase code-switching cases found in opinion category. Out of that number, the most frequent phrase code-switching
cases that existed in opinion category were noun phrases.
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In Herworld magazines, there were 95 cases of phrase code-switching found in opinion category. Out of that number, the most frequent phrase code-switching
cases that occurred in this category were noun phrases. In addition, table 4.11 showed some phrase code-switching which existed
frequently in the opinion category of the target magazines.
Table 4.11 The Most Frequent Phrase Code-switching in Opinion Category
Magazines Phrase examples
Total amount Mr. Happy
10 Fun Fearless Fashion
6 Pap smear
Base makeup 5
Must-have item Cosmopolitan
Body lotion 4
Work wear Man behind the mix
3 Female
Guy guide Guy talk 2
Editor’s note Lip pencil
4 In this issue
Your say Brand new job
Herworld
His say 3
4. Clause Code-switching
