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CODE SWITCHING REALIZED IN “THE KARATE KID” FILM

Sugondo, Dewi (2015) CODE SWITCHING REALIZED IN “THE KARATE KID” FILM. Undergraduate thesis, UNIVERSITAS STIKUBANK.

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Abstract

Thesis entitled Code Switched Realized in The Karate Kid Film, contains sociolinguistic studies concerning the events transfer code (code switching) occurring in the film. This research is a type of research descriptive-qualitative aims to describe the occurrence of events over the code that includes the type and the factors that caused the event. There are the steps taken in processing and analyzing the data, namely by collecting all the data based on characters in the film, then the data are classified according to the types of codes, then identifies the data or perform the categorization of data and interpret the data. The analysis focused on the types and causes of events over the intervening code and the code that occurs in the film. Based on the result of data analysis, the writer concluded that the author of Karate Kid film, they are using the English as the primary language used the characters. In addition, the main characters in Karate Kid film is also in Mandarin, Portuguese, German, and Japanese languages in the film handiwork. The writer analyzed the data by identifying four types of code switching i.e. Inter-sentential code switching, intra-sentential code switching, tag- switching and intra-word switching namely transfer of code from English to Mandarin, English to Portuguese, and code-switching from English to Japanese language. She analyzed the data to find all types of code switching in the Karate Kid film, and identify the factor causing the occurrence of code switching. The result show that there are inter-sentential code switching (17), intra-sentential code switching (24), and Tag-switching (37). No intra-word switching is used by the main characters. The reasons which drive the characters to switch codes are: To Identify with a particular group (21,8%), to communicate more effectively (20,5%), to ease communication, i.e., utilize the shortest and the easiest route (53,9%), and to reiterate point (3,8%).

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Additional Information: NIM:09.03.52.0007 SKR.III.05.01.0544
Uncontrolled Keywords: code switching, intra-sentential code switching, inter-sentential code switching
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theater
Faculty / Institution: Fakultas Bahasa dan Ilmu Budaya
Depositing User: Ani Mariawati
Date Deposited: 26 Oct 2015 03:20
Last Modified: 26 Oct 2015 03:20
URI: https://eprints.unisbank.ac.id/id/eprint/2751

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