Function and Types: Code Mixing and Code Switching in Leti
Renhard Saupia
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Abstract
Switching and mixing are likely to be part of linguistic diversity in a multilingual country. They are used to emphasize a statement, quote idea, strengthening command or request and so forth (Hoffman, 1991). This study tries to investigate the types of code-switching and mixing that used in Leti and the frequency of the usability in one single speech. The data is collected by recording the speech of a knowledgable insider of Leti. The qualitative method is used to find the types while the statistical is applied to discover the frequency of usability. The finding shows two types of switching that appeared; tag switching (TS) and syntactical inter sentential (SIS) as shown in the phrase Yance kamaringitu!..., and nanti bangun ka? Tidur lai?. Moreover, there are two types of mixing that discovered they are insertion and alternation as in ... rkenale,… wakampungo. The frequency of usability showed that TS frequency of usability is 0.1, SIS is 0.05. The frequency of the use of insertion is 0.04 and alternation is 0.01. Finally, code-switching and code-mixing in Leti is adaptable but has the potential to change the form of words and sentence.
Keywords: code-switching, code-mixing, frequency of usability
Topic: Language