Open AccessWhy Code-switch on WhatsApp? A Quantitative Analysis of Types and Influences of Code-switching
Author(s) -
Adlin Nadhirah Mohd Roslan,
Malissa Maria Mahmud,
Othman Ismail
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian social science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1911-2025
pISSN - 1911-2017
DOI - 10.5539/ass.v17n10p43
Subject(s) - code switching , asynchronous communication , code (set theory) , computer science , factor (programming language) , psychology , mathematics education , linguistics , programming language , telecommunications , philosophy , set (abstract data type)
This paper examines an asynchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) between bilingual university students in Malaysia, in particular via Whatsapp by appropriating a functional approach in scrutinizing the diverse types and influences for codeswitching (CS). A quantitative methodology was employed wherein a survey was designed and administered to undergraduate students from the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). A dataset from a total of 90 respondents was collected from five faculties; Academy of Language Studies, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies and Faculty of Education. The yielded findings postulate that inter-sentential code-switching was the most used type of code-switching among the respondents and habitual expression is the main factor that influence them to code-switch.