F. Definition of Terms
1. Code Switching
Code switching is one of language phenomena that exist in society. Crystal 1987 as quoted by Skiba 1997 explains that code switching occurred when
someone who has mastered two fluent languages changes his or her language in her utterance to other bilinguals. This includes the variations and modifications of
language expression, which exist in number of forms, such as in sentences or phrases, made by the bilingual person. Within this study, code switching refers to
the juxtaposition of English language and Bahasa Indonesia in the writings written by some people in a social networking website Facebook.
2. Social networking service website Facebook
According to Boyd and Ellison 2007, social networking service is a site which focuses on building online communities of people who share interests
andor activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Most of social network services are web based and provide a variety of
ways for users to interact, such as e-mail and instant messaging services.
Facebook is one of social networking service websites in the cyber world which its users can transmit what is in their mind, to share their knowledge.
There within Facebook, users can add someone who already becomes a member of Facebook as one of users friend, send them messages, and update their
personal profile to notify friends about themselves.
Facebook founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his roommates while they were studying in Harvard University in February 4
th
, 2004. At first, Facebook used privately for some colleagues, then over the years, Facebook has become
one of public properties where many people around the world use it as a means of communication.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter is divided into two essential parts namely theoretical description and theoretical framework. The theoretical description presents
general description of code switching in which divided into types and reasons of using code switching, and also the nature of comunication in which the definition
of mass media, the rule of English in communication media, and the definition of social networking website. Otherwise, the theoretical framework explains
procedure organized to accomplish this study.
A. Theoretical Description
Theoretical description is presented with the intention of obtaining good understanding of code switching which is divided into types of code switching
and reason for code switching. The definition of social networking website is also presented in this section.
1. The Nature of Code Switching
According to Asher 1994: 577 the term “code” refers to any system of signs or symbols which conveys information. It means that there are so many
ways to express the meaning that we want to say or express to someone else. But “code” in code switching means any dialect or language that used by people to
communicate with others. As other linguist had affirmed about the nature of code switching stated that the person who has several language acquisitions may vary
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