Code switching used by the characters of Java Heat movie

People always need language to communicate with others. However, one person is not enough to be able to communicate to other people in one language because of different language of the interlocutor. Code switching is used when the speaker uses two or more languages in his/her utterance. Actually, Java Heat is a movie which uses four languages, but the characters switch of their utterances within two languages, those are English and Indonesia. The characters switch their utterances by using two languages and two methods; they switch from English- Indonesian and Indonesian-English. But, the researcher just focuses this research from the characters’ utterances switching from the first language to another language: English-Indonesian.

Based on the topic, the researcher chooses to analyze code switching used by the characters of Java Heat movie. This research aimed to find the types and functions of code switching used by the characters of Java Heat movie according to Romaine in Maryono and Poedjosoedarmo (2002: 275) and Bloom & Gumperz in Susanto (2008). The descriptive qualitative method is used in this research because the data collected are the utterances of conversations of the characters of Java Heat movie.

This research finds two types and two functions of code switching. The types are: tag switching to insert tag or short expression which is different language in the end of utterance, intra-sentential switching when the speaker changes the different language in a sentence or an utterance. While the function of code switching, there are situational and metaphorical code switching. Situational function of code switching is influenced by topic and participant. A metaphorical function happens because of some reasons from the characters’ utterances of Java Heat movie, those are: to respect, to inform, as interjection, to qualify a massage, and to instruct.

The result of this research is useful for the next researchers to investigate the Sociolinguistic, especially in code switching context. Since this research only analyzes types and functions of code switching used by the characters of Java Heat movie, it will be more interesting for the next researchers to analyze other sources, such as novel.