AN ANALYSIS OF CODE MIXING CONDUCTED BY INDONESIAN CELEBRITIES IN TELEVISION’ S INFOTAINMENT PROGRAM

ABSTRACT

This research entitled An Analysis of Code Mixing Conducted by Indonesian Celebrities in Television Infotainment Program is intended to find out the basic languages inserted in the code mixing, the forms of code mixing, and the probable reasons for conducting code mixing.

This research belongs to qualitative research. It does not use statistical procedure. The researcher takes data by recording and noting all the spoken language used by Indonesian Celebrities in Television Infotainment Program. In collecting the data, the researcher uses recording and noting techniques. After the data are collected, they are analyzed and classified based on the languages used, the forms, and the reasons.

The result of her research shows that the languages inserted in code mixing by Indonesian Celebrities in Television Infotainment Program are classified into two categories, namely Code Mixing between two languages and Code Mixing involving three languages. Code Mixing between two languages are Code Mixing between Indonesian and English, Code Mixing between Indonesian and Arabic, Code Mixing between Indonesian and Betawi language. Code Mixing involving three languages are Code Mixing using Indonesian-English-Arabic, Code Mixing using Indonesian-Betawi-Javanese, Code Mixing using Indonesian-English-Betawi. The forms of Code Mixing used by Indonesian Celebrities, Code Mixing in word form, Affix form, Phrase form and Clause form. The words are noun, adjective and verbs. The probable reasons that cause code mixing conducted by Indonesian Celebrities are no exact term in Indonesian to replace the foreign word, habit, to show the prestige, topic, and personal identity.