Code Switching on “Catch Me Up!”: A New Style of News Writing?

Authors

  • Wildi Adila UIN RADEN MAS SAID SURAKARTA
  • Afika Hany Amalia UIN RADEN MAS SAID SURAKARTA
  • Lina Nur Aini UIN RADEN MAS SAID SURAKARTA
  • Sari Murni UIN RADEN MAS SAID SURAKARTA

Keywords:

news-writing style, Catch Me Up!, code-switching, digital media

Abstract

News writing is generally formulated using a standard, formal language style. However, Catch Me Up!, an online daily newspaper, broke those strict rules by offering casual, loose, non-standard language which predominantly used code-switching as one of the ways to alter formal to informal language styles. Hence, this study aimed to describe the various types of code-switching that occurred on Catch Me Up! and explain why the news frequently employed code-switching. Three theories underlie the present research; types of code-switching by Poplack and a combination of reasons for code-switching by Hoffmann, Gumperz, and San. The study applied the descriptive-qualitative method since the data were in the form of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences. The data sources were taken from 17 international news published in July 2023. The results revealed that, out of 235 found data, intra-sentential switching became the most occurred data regarding code switching types. In line with the reasons for code-switching, addressee specification and expressing group identity appeared dominantly in this study, followed by talking about a particular topic, interjection, indicating emotions, intention for clarifying the speech substance for interlocutors, and quoting somebody else. 

Author Biography

Wildi Adila, UIN RADEN MAS SAID SURAKARTA

Wildi is a lecturer at the English Letters Study Program, Faculty of Cultures and Languages, UIN Raden Mas Said Surakarta. He teaches linguistics integrated with the media studies.

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2024-09-03

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Adila, W., Hany Amalia, A. ., Nur Aini, L. ., & Murni, S. (2024). Code Switching on “Catch Me Up!”: A New Style of News Writing?. Surakarta English and Literature Journal, 7(2), 205–219. Retrieved from https://ejurnal.unsa.ac.id/index.php/selju/article/view/237

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2024): Volume 7 Number 2 August 2024

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