Sikola: Journal of Instruction Studies
Vol 1 No 3 (2025): Sikola: Journal of Instruction Studies

A Sociolinguistic Perspective on the Indonesian-English Code Mixing Used by Students

Feny Martina (UIN Fatmawati Sukarno Bengkulu)
Irwan Satria (UIN Fatmawati Sukarno Bengkulu)
Tika Noprija (UIN Fatmawati Sukarno Bengkulu)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 Dec 2025

Abstract

This research aims to know the type of code mixing and the factors for code-mixing used by students at Ma’had Al–Jami’ah UINFAS Bengkulu. The research approach used to analyze the data is a descriptive qualitative approach. As the theory used. The researcher described, based on the theory of Muysken (2002), how to analyze the types of code mixing and the theory of Bhatia and Ritchie (2004) to analyze the factors of code mixing. The result of this study shows that five kinds of code mixing used by students, namely insertion, which consists of 37 data, alternation consists of 49 data, and congruent lexicalization consists of 7 data. Several reasons for using code mixing are participant roles and relationships, situational factors, message-intrinsic factors, linguistic attitude, dominance, and security. The other reasons are the regulation in Ma’had, the situation, and the lack of vocabulary.

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Journal Info

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sikola

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Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Other

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Journal of Instruction Studies (Sikola) is an open access peer reviewed research journal which provides a platform for the researchers, academicians, professional, practitioners and students to impart and share knowledge in the form of high quality empirical and theoretical research papers, case ...