Code Switching Utterances of Public Figures Vlog In Youtube Channel

Abstract

This research dealt with the analysis of Code Switching Utterances of Public Figures Vlog In Youtube Channel. The objectives were to find out the use of code switching and the types of code switching used by the public figures and the guest. The researcher focused on the application of Intra- sentential (74 cases), Inter-sentential (85 cases) and Extra/Tag code switching (26 cases). Descriptive qualitative method was taken to analyze the data from the four videos on YouTube which was published in March 2019 until November 2019. The finding showed that code switching was used by the Public Figures and Guest which totally included 185 cases.there were 7 reasons of public figures swithed the language; 75 data of talking about particular topic, 2 data of quoting somebody else, 1 data of being emphatic about something, 13 data of interjection (inserting sentence filler or sentence connector), 27 data of repetition of clarification, 63 data of intention for clarifying the speech content for interlocutor, and 4 data of expressing group identity. The finding showed that the reasons of code switching were used by Public Figures and Guest totally included 185.