Open AccessCODE-SWITCHING IN WHATSAPP GROUP: A SOCIAL REALTY AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Author(s) -
Endang Yuliani Rahayu,
Agnes Widyaningrum,
Yulistiyanti Yulistiyanti,
Teguh Kasprabowo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
prasasti/uns journal of language studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2527-2969
pISSN - 2302-755X
DOI - 10.20961/prasasti.v6i2.51204
Subject(s) - code switching , code (set theory) , covid-19 , pandemic , multiculturalism , social media , computer science , computer security , internet privacy , sociology , world wide web , medicine , linguistics , programming language , virology , pedagogy , philosophy , disease , set (abstract data type) , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
The current study examined the use of Code-Switching in WhatsApp Group (WAG) to find out what codes were used and switched among users of WA and in particular to identify the rationales for such a discursive practice in their communication amid Covid-19 Pandemic. Data for this study were screenshots of linguistic exchanges in WAG over a period of two days (weekend). Theoretical framework for the use of Code- Switching was highlighted as the basis of data analysis. Findings reveal that most members of WAG employ intrasentential code-switching. Regarding the rationales of code-switching, most members used code- switching to talk about particular topics and to show emphaty. The study concludes that code switching is a social reality in a multilingual and multicultural society of diverse educational background. It is highly recommended that similar studies be conducted in some wider and more diverse strata of people in the use of CS to support a newly coined term ‘Permanent Code Switching’ (PCS).