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An Analysis Of Code Switching In supernova Ksatria Putri Dan Bintang Jatuh Novel By Dewi Lestari
English is a tool used for global communication in this era, it is also called as an international language where people from different countries use it to communicate each other. When bilinguals switch from one code to another in their conversation that is called code switching. Code switching is the alternation between two languages or more in the form of clause and sentence. It appears not only in daily communication but also in fiction-written materials. This study is undertaken in a fiction-written material named novel, the researcher choose SUPERNOVA: Ksatria, Putri dan Bintang jatuh” novel by Dewi Lestari as the object. The study is aimed to investigate the code switching
produced by the four characters (Ruben, Dhimas, Ferre and Ale). The reason why the researcher wants to conduct a research about characters’ code-switching is to
find the types, most dominant type, and functions of characters’ code-switching in the novel.
This study uses descriptive qualitative approach because the researcher just wants to describe and know code-switching produced by the four characters in the novel. Descriptive qualitative is used to analyze the final data. The research instruments are; researcher, documentation and observation. The result and analysis of the study showed the details of code-switching used by the characters.
There are 3 types and 6 functions of code switching from the total 21 switches which are pronounced by the four characters. The three types are inter-sentential, metaphorical and tag switching. The result showed that the most dominant type is inter-sentential switching. Therefore, the six code switching functions that are
found; addressee specification, interference, interjection, intimacy, reiteration and quotation.
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