Emotional Switching in Infants Speeches: A Case Study of Emotion Change Causing A Code-Switching in Education Domain
Budi Setiawan
1) Doctorate Study Program of Humanities Science of Gadjah Mada University
2) STIA & Pemerintahan ADS
Abstract
Emotion as an expression of feeling reflected by language, which makes it an involved aspect of communication for bilingual speakers. People tend to utilize a language in varied emotion; while some switch due a change in their emotion. In other word, emotion stimulation leads a speaker into choosing different codes. Switching a code, tend to implicate the speaker-s emotion change and this usually occurs in adults- speeches. Conversely, infant speakers rarely switch languages due to their emotional change, though it occurs in some of their speeches. This study is conducted to highlight infants- switching through Kindergarten domain, and summarize that infants switch codes when experiencing an anger and fear to peers and teacher. Their emotion is also changing when the topic is related to family background, especially mother. In brief, their opposite perspective with interlocutor and a certain topic cause emotional switching.
Keywords: Code-switching; Emotion change; Infants; Education domain
Topic: Language