time to speak in English or code switch to exclude Harris from the part of conversation.
c. The Expressive Function
When someone uses code switching to express what is on his mind or what he feels, it is called as an expressive function. The expressive function can either
indicate happiness or sadness or even anger. In the novel, some of code switching used by Keara were to express her feeling. This expression was portrayed when
Keara was answering Dinda Keara’s best friend’s question about her feeling to Ruly. They were in Canteen, Pacific Place. Keara talked on how much she loved
Ruly. However, Dinda still did not get the reasons on why Keara really fell for a man like Ruly. Dinda even compared Ruly to other men who Keara ever dated.
This was what Keara said to an swer Dinda’s question.
“Elo tahu, kan, betapa bencinya gue sama kopi luak? Gue bisa minum kopi luak, gue juga nggak ada masalah sama aromanya, aroma yang buat
semua pencinta kopi seperti elo misalnya, pasti dianggap menggairahkan. Bisa membuat elo betah menghirupnya bergelas-gelas. Gue pernah
mencoba kopi luak, Din. Biasa aja rasanya, dan sebenarnya gue ga suka. Buat gue, semua laki-laki bangsat yang pernah bersama gue dulu is just
like kopi luak.
They’re really delicious, people are lining up for them, but it’s still coffee that some monkey is shitting. In the end, they’re all a bunch
of tiny expensive little shit. Ruly, on the other hand… well, Ruly is Ruly. Gue tahu dari cerita gue, walaupun elo belum pernah ketemu dia, elo pasti
berpikir kenapa gue bisa sampai kecanduan sama laki-laki yang seperti
elo bilang ‘nggak gue banget’ ini…”
Dialogue, p. 27
From what Keara said on the dialogue above, it expressed her feeling towards Ruly, as an answer to Dinda. Keara expressed her feeling toward her exes by
comparing them with luak coffee. She said that all of the men she had dated before were just like luak coffee which is delicious, but it is still a coffee. The
speech function of code switching Keara used here is to express her feeling about her exes and to tell Dinda on how different Ruly was from the others. The code
switching she used gave a strong expressive function. Another example of using code switching as expressive function is shown
from the following monologue. Ruly si hemat bicara ini mungkin akan selalu jadi misteri yang ingin
kupecahkan, tapi Panji is the guy who feeds my ego pretty well right now.
Monologue, p. 162
The monologue was when Keara and Ruly were in Ayodya private beach. They went there for business purposes. One morning, they met when Ruly was jogging
and Keara was waiting to take a picture of sunrise. Ruly initiated to join Keara and waited the sunrise.
The monologue happened when Keara was comparing Ruly to Panji. The code switching here indicated t
he expressive function. ‘Panji is the guy who feeds my ego pretty well’ was showing about Keara’s feeling. Even though she was in
love with Ruly, but the one who could make her happy by feeding her ego was Panji. It was showing the selfish side of Keara, i
n which she did the ‘no string attached’ relationship with Panji, but her heart still wanted Ruly.
d. The Phatic Function
