b. Code
The general definition of code is that it is a system of rules to convert information, such as a letter, word, sound, image, or gesture, into another form or
representation, sometimes shortened or secret, for communication through a channel or storage in a medium. https:prezi.comppf0d_a787emse
Meanwhile, through the perspective of sociolinguistics, Wardhaugh 2006:88 indicates, it is possible to refer to a language or a variety of a language as a code.
Moreover, in the fifth edition of An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, Wardhaugh states
In general, however, when you open your mouth, you must choose a particular language, dialect, style, register, or variety
– that is, a particular code. The ‘neutral’ term code, taken from information theory, can be used to refer to any
kind of system that two or more people employ for communication. It can actually be used for a system used by a single person, as when someone devises a
private code to protect certain secrets. Wardhaugh, 2006:88 Wardhaugh 2006:101 adds that code refers to the particular dialect or language
that a person chooses to use on any occasion, a system used for communication between two or more parties.
These statements stated by Wardhaugh are supported by other sociolinguists. Rahardi 2001:21-22, for example, states that code can be defined as a system of
speech that the application of the language has characteristics that are compatible with the background of the speakers, the speakers’ relationship with the interlocutors
and the speech situation there. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
Meanwhile, Marjohan and Poedjosoedarmo have thoughts about code as well. Poedjosoedarmo 1978:30 mentions that code usually has a form of a language
variant that is significantly used for communication. Marjohan 1988:48, on the other hand, argues that code may be an idiolect, a dialect, a sociolect, a register or a
language.
c. Code-Switching
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