CODE SWITCHING USED IN FACEBOOK BY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS

FADILLA TENRI. Code-Switching used in Facebook by English department students (supervised by Simon Sitoto and Husain Hasyim)
The aims of this research are to (1) describe what types of code-switching and the types of conversational functions which are most frequently used by the users of Facebook while they are making comments or conversation, and (2) reveal the reason why the users are using code-switching.
In this research, the writer used a qualitative method to analyse the data. The data were taken from 30 Facebook comments of English Department student of Hasanuddin University batch 2016 then categorized based on the code-switching types. After that, writer distribute questionnaire to determine the respondent’s reason of code-switching usage.
The writer finds that the user uses three types of Code-switching, namely: Tag-switching, Inter-sentential switching, and Intra-sentential switching. The writer also finds the reasons why the users are using code-switching, they are: (1) as a habit, with twelve respondents. (2) happening by accident, with four respondents. (3) as a learning, with four respondents. (4) the mood of the speaker, with nine respondents (5) emphasizes a point, with seven respondents and (6) it is simplicity, with six respondents.
Keywords: Code-switching, types of Code-switching, Facebook.