Deiksis
Vol 14, No 2 (2022): Deiksis

The Use of Code Mixing by Indonesian Youtubers Living in Germany

Nessa Aqila Anggraini (Indonesia University)



Article Info

Publish Date
14 Jul 2022

Abstract

This article analyzed code mixing which occurred in two videos from Gita Savitri and Sarrah Nurul youtube channels. They both are Indonesian students who are living in Germany. The aims of this research are to find out the types of their code mixing and the reasons why they mixed their code while they were talking in their videos. The data were taken from utterance of Gita and Nurul in their videos were uttered in Indonesian and mixed by English utterance. The writer conducted the analyses types of code mixing based upon classification by Pieter Musyken (2000) and conducted analyses of reasons based upon Hoffman (1991). Through the analyses there are 3 types code mixing were occurred (1) insertions, (2) congruent lexicalizations and (3) alternations. There were 6 reasons doing code mixing found through this research, they are (1) clarifying the speech content (2) talking about a particular topic (3) quoting (4) repetition for clarification (5) showing empathy (6) to express group identity.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

Deiksis

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Deiksis is a journal that aims to be a peer-reviewed platform and an authoritative source of information. We publish scientific works from national and international lecturers, researchers, students, and practitioners to present their new ideas, concepts, and theories in Indonesian language and ...