Friday, March 21, 2008

AN ANALYSIS ON CODE MIXING CONDUCTED BY ENGLISH STUDENTS OF AHMAD DAHLAN UNIVERSITY IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2005/2006

By
Ayu Ningtyas Kusfyan Nur
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ABSTRACT


This research entitled An analysis on Code Mixing Conducted by English Students of Ahmad Dahlan University in Academic Year 2005/2006, is intended to find out the forms of code mixing, the highest frequency, and the probable reasons for the code mixing.

This research belongs to qualitative research. It does not use statistical procedure. The researcher takes data by recording and noting all the conversation by the students outside the class room. In collecting the data, the researcher uses observation, recording, and noting techniques. After the data are collected, they are analyzed and classified into words, phrases and sentences. Based on the display of data, the forms of code mixing are analyzed carefully to find out the highest frequency of the code mixing conducted by the English students and the reason for the code mixing.

The result of her research shows that the forms of code mixing conducted by English students of Ahmad Dahlan University are words, phrases, and sentences. The words are nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs. The phrases are noun phrase, and adjective phrase. The sentences are declarative, interrogative, and imperative. The highest frequency of all code mixing is noun, other words fall under the noun word. The words have the frequency of about 71.28 %, the frequency of phrases is about 17.02 %, and the frequency of sentences is about 11.70 %. The probable reasons that cause code mixing conducted by English students are to show the prestige, to be intimate to the interlocutor, no exact terms or words in Indonesian, the interlocutor, and emotional appeal.




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