Prepositional Phrase Intra-sentential Code Switching

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 even THAT pretty .” She is also adding a sentence “what’s the big fuss all about?, expressing her shocked feelings and disbelief because of the fuss she’s been heard. The code switching occurs as a sentence, therefore it belongs to inter- sentential code switching. Based on the data above, the speaker uses code switching “shes’s not even THAT pretty. What’s the big fuss all about?” because the speaker is talking about a particular topic, which in this context is the speaker is expressing her feeling when she first saw Rashi. As explained before that talking about feeling is included into talking about particular reason. In this context, the speaker is expressing the feelings of being shocked because of all the fuss she’s been heard. The speaker even using some capital letters in the text “shes’s not even THAT pretty” which means the speaker emphasizes that Rashi is not really pretty like the rumours.

2. Quoting Somebody Else

One of the reasons for using code switching is to quote somebody else. Based on the Hoffman 1991 as cited in Hidayat 2012: 2, quoting somebody else usually happens when the speaker is quoting a famous saying or anecdote. The idea of quoting itself means that the speaker is not adding or removing what has been quoted. The original one is the one which will be used. Paraphrasing is not included into quoting. Based on the research, the writer found that there is only 1 data which used code switching for quoting somebody else.