Abstract :
The study entitled A Sociolinguistics Analysis on Code Switching Found
in a Comparative Study on Facebook Statuses between an Unisbank English
Department Student and an Indonesian Worker in Japan: Case Study. The thesis
has two objectives. First, it is aimed at finding out the realization of code-switching in facebook statuses. Second, it is aimed at establishing the types and
the reasons of code-switching that exist in facebook statuses. The writer limits the
problem of the study about code-switching in facebook statuses used by an
Indonesian worker in Japan and an Unisbank English Department Student.
This study described the types of code-switching. Types of code-switching found namely: inter-sentential switching (50%), intra-sentential
switching (40%) and emblematic switching (10%) for an Indonesian worker in
Japan facebook statuses and inter-sentential switching (70%), intra-sentential
switching (20%) and emblematic switching (10%) for an Unisbank English
Department Student facebook statuses.
This study examined the reasons of switching, there were 5 reasons that
were found in an Indonesian worker in Japan facebook statuses, being emphatic
about something that was found on nine statuses (45%), intention of clarifying the
speech content for interlocutor that was found on two statuses (10%), interjection
that was found on three statuses (15%), talking about particular topic that was
found on five statuses (25%), quoting somebody else that was found on one
statuses (5%). Those there were 4 reasons that were found in Unisbank English
Department Student, being emphatic about something that was found on seven
statuses (35%), interjection that was found on eight statuses (40%), talking about
particular topic that was found on three statuses (15%), quoting somebody else
that was found on two statuses (10%).