Kata Kita: Journal of Language, Literature, and Teaching
Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026)

Code-Switching in the Instagram Captions of Male and Female Perfume Ads by C&F Store

Siswanto, Matthew (Unknown)
Nugroho, Aylanda Hidayati Dwi (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Mar 2026

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the types of code-switching used in Instagram captions of male and female perfume advertisements by C&F Store. It focuses on identifying the types used and any differences or similarities between the two. The theory by Hoffmann (2014) divides code-switching into inter-sentential, intra-sentential, and emblematic switching. A total of 40 captions of 20 male and 20 female were manually collected and analyzed using a qualitative approach. Inter-sentential switching appeared 40 times and intra-sentential 39 times; emblematic switching did not appear. No major differences were found between male and female captions, likely due to a shared marketing style or template. This study aims to help readers understand code-switching in Indonesian social media advertising and encourage future research on platforms like TikTok or YouTube.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

sastra-inggris

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Kata Kita is a journal dedicated to the publication of students research in the areas of literature, language, and teaching. In the study of language, it covers issues in applied linguistics such as sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, pragmatics, sylistics, corpus ...