<![CDATA[This study aims to analyse the use of code-switching in the song lyrics from the album Ambition bythe Japanese band One Ok Rock. Adopting a qualitative research method, this study describes andinterprets the data comprehensively. Sociolinguistics serves as the theoretical framework to investigatethe meanings, types, and functions of code-switching present in the lyrics. The analysis identifiesthree types of code-switching in the album: tag-switching, intra-sentential switching, and intersentential switching. Furthermore, four functions of code-switching are observed: expressive, phatic,metalinguistic, and poetic functions. The findings reveal a total of 34 occurrences of code-switching,consisting of 18 instances categorized by type and 16 instances by function. These results contributeto a deeper understanding of the linguistic strategies employed in the album and their sociolinguisticimplications.]]>
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