Prologue: Journal on Language and Literature
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2019): Prologue : Journal on Language and Literature

THE USE OF CODE-SWITCHING TO SHOW EMPATHY IN BREAKOUT MUSIC PROGRAM ON NET TV

Nia Nella Ombuh (Universitas Balikpapan)
Muhammad Adam (Unknown)
Waladdin Panggabean (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 Jul 2020

Abstract

This research aims to find the use of code-switching to show empathy. There are two objectives of this research; 1) to identify the types of code-switching used in Breakout Music Program on NET TV and 2) to describe how code-switching shows empathy in Breakout Music Program on NET TV. The theories used in this study are; the types of code-switching by Romaine to answer the research question number one, and the reason to do code-switching by Hoffman to answer the research question number two. Based on the result of this research, the researcher found that all types of code-switching proposed by Romaine are found in Breakout music program. Furthermore, all seven reasons in using code-switching are also found in Breakout music program, however the most dominant reason for doing code-switching is to show empathy and the least dominant reason is to quote somebody else.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jurnal_prologue

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Prologue: Journal on Language and Literature published by Faculty of Letters, Balikpapan University. It is published twice a year, namely March and September. It publishes papers in language and literature. The scopes of the topics include but not limited to (1) Literature; (2) Linguistics; (3) ...