GENDER DIFFERENCES AND CODE SWITCHING ON FACEBOOK.

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GENDER DIFFERENCES AND CODE-SWITCHING

ON FACEBOOK

A Thesis

Submitted to The English Applied Linguitics Study Program in Partial Fullfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of

Magister Humaniora

By:

AULI SYAIFINA

Registration Number: 8136111007

ENGLISH APPLIED LINGUITICS PROGRAM PASCASARJANA UNIMED

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ABSTRACT

Syaifina, Auli. Registration Number: 8136111007. Gender Differences and Code Switching on Facebook. A Thesis. English Applied Linguistics Study Program. Postgraduate School. State University of Medan. 2015.

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ABSTRAK

Syaifina, Auli. Nomor Registrasi: 8136111007. Perbedaan Gender dan Code Switching di Facebook. Tesis. Jurusan Linguistik Terapan Bahasa Inggris. Program Pascasarjana. Universitas Negeri Medan. 2015.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First of all, thanks to Allah for the mercy, health, and guidance that has given in completing this thesis. Even faced with some difficulties in arranging it, the writer has tried her very best effort to accomplish it.

In its present form, she realizes that she ows a great debt of gratitude to many people who have assited her in the process of writing and data collection. It would be impossible to list all the names but some deserve to be mentioned.

First, Prof. Amrin Saragih, M.A., Ph.D as her first advisor for the useful comments, advices, corrections, and suggestions given during the process of consultations and framing up her ideas.

Second, Dr. Sri Minda Murni, M.Sc. as her second advisor, for her marvelous idea, support, and attention especially sharing her valuable time for completing this thesis.

Third, Prof. Dr. Busmin Gurning, M.Pd, as the reviewer and also the Head of English Applied Linguistics Program who have assisted her to completing the thesis become better.

Fourth, Dr. Zainuddin, M.Hum and Dr. T. Tyrhaya Zein, M.A as reviewers and examiners who have given enormous inputs for this thesis.

Fifth, Sakroni, S.Pd and Dra. Nurhaida, her parents, for the mental and financial support during the completion of this thesis and up to the present time. Ahmad Arief and Ummi Fadhila, her sister and her brother, especially for their endless support.

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Finally, Ade Rahmah Nasution, S.Pd, M.Hum, Delnis Handayani Gulo, S.Pd, M.Hum, Sarnila, S.Pd, Ayu Utatri, S.Pd, and all friends whose names can not be mentioned intakes XXIII at English Applied Linguistics Study Program, Post Graduate School, who always fight together for this green table, with very special gratitude for their friendship and valuable time for being together.

Medan, 5th June 2015 The Writer,

Auli Syaifina

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ... 1

1.1 The Background of the Study ... 1

1.2 The Problems of the Study ... 7

1.3 The Objectives of the Study ... 8

1.4 The Scope of the Study ... 8

1.5 The Significance of the Study ... 9

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ... 10

2.1 Theoretical Framework ... 10

2.1.1 Language and Gender ... 10

2.1.2 Six Differences of Men and Women in Communication ... 12

2.1.2.1 Independence versus Intimacy ... 13

2.1.2.1 Advice versus Understanding ... 13

2.1.2.3 Information versus Feeling ... 13

2.1.2.4 An Order versus Proposals ... 13

2.1.2.5 Conflict versus Compromise ... 14

2.1.3 Bilingualism ... 14

2.1.3.1 Typologies ... 15

2.1.4 Code Switching ... 16

2.1.4.1 Types of Code Switching ... 19

2.1.4.2 Process of Code Switching ... 23

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2.1.5 Facebook ... 32

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD ... 41

3.1 Research Design ... 41

3.2 The Data Resources ... 42

3.3 The Instrument of Data Collection ... 43

3.4 The Procedure of Data Collection ... 43

3.5 The Technique of Data Analysis ... 44

3.6 Trustworthiness of the Study ... 46

CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ... 49

4.1 Data Analysis ... 49

4.1.1 Types of Code Switching ... 50

4.1.1.1 Intrasentential Switching ... 51

4.1.1.2 Intersentential Switching ... 53

4.1.1.3 Tag Switching ... 54

4.1.1.4 Situational Code Switching ... 57

4.1.1.5 Methapor ... 58

4.1.2 The process of Code Switching... 60

4.1.2.1 Insertion ... 60

4.1.2.2 Alternation... 62

4.1.2.3 Congruent Lexicalization ... 64

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4.2. Findings ... 68

4.3 Discussions ... 69

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ... 74

5.1 Conclusions ... 74

5.2 Suggestions ... 75

REFERENCES ... 77

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LISTS OF TABLES

TABLE Page

2.1 Six Differences of Men and Women in Communication ... 12

2.2 Criteria of Code Switching ... 22

2.3 Criteria of reasons for Code Switching ... 31

3.1 The Classification of Types of Code Switching ... 45

3.2 The Classification of Reasons for Code switching ... 45

4.1 Types of Code-Switching ... 50

4.1.1 Intrasentential Code-Switching ... 52

4.1.2 Intersentential Code-Switching ... 54

4.1.3 Tag Switching ... 56

4.1.4 Situational Code-Switching ... 58

4.1.5 Methapor Code-Switching ... 52

4.2 Process of Code-Switching ... 60

4.2.1 Process Insertion ... 62

4.2.2 Process Alternation ... 63

4.2.3 Process Congruent Lexicalization ... 65

4.3 The Reasons Use Code-Switching ... 66

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LISTS OF APPENDICES

APPENDIX Page

Appendix 1 Analysis Types of Code Switching ... 80

Appendix 2 Process of Code Switching ... 115

Appendix 3 Data Display ... 153

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

1.1 The Background of the Study

In recent years, a shift has taken place within language and gender studies

from essentialist to constructionist views of gender (Winter & Pauwels, 2000; Coates

& Cameron, 1991). Therefore while, along with many others, the writer is continuing

to explore links between gender and code-switching (CS) on facebook, she does so in

full awareness that gender is complex, culturally and socially constructed category.

There are many social medias now days besides Facebook, there are twitter,

Zorpia, Linkertin, Badoz, Myspace, Skype, Google +, Instagram, Path, ect. Most of

people use Facebook rather than the other social network because facebook has many

applications and usage. Facebook is one of social networks with all over the world

users. On Facebook, people can communicate with others all over the world who use

Facebook too, find an old friend, make new friends, seek and share information, share

idea, play games, even make an advertisement or sell products. If one wants to find an

old friend, for example, can write her name on the search box, and the Facebookers will appear then click add friend, request will be sent to the Facebookers. One can be friend with the faecbookers if he/she accepts one’s friend’s request. Facebook is a

website designed for communication purposes between friends, family and colleague

(Factsheet, 2009). Therefore many people can communicate each other or in group

through Facebook. The most exciting phenomenon is the CS that used by Panipahan

people in Malay language on Facebook.

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Panipahan is a small town near Bagansiapiapi (1.5 hours by boat) and from

Tanjung Balai Asahan (2.5 hours by boat). There are two ethnics in this town, they are

Tionghoa and malay. Panipahan society speak malay language in their daily life, even

the small children in this town do not know Bahasa Indonesia well. The parents give

Malay language as their mother tongue for their children. Hence every neighborhood

speaks Malay language in the society. This town consists of 20.000 people (Based on

KPU’s data in 2014). Most of them are sailors. Because this town is famous with their

seafood.

This phenomenon leads to the people who are from Panipahan but now they

move to another town while the communication that they use on facebook using

Malay language. But some others use CS in Malay language and Bahasa Indonesia in

their communication on facebook.

The writer found it on facebook, for example:

AS (Male) : Subhannallah, dai mano dapek? AW (Female) : Kasitau gag ya…

The man used Malay language and the female suddenly responds it in Bahasa

Indonesia. The female switched from one code to another code. The switching of one

code to another code is known as code-switching.

Code switching or inter-sentential code-alternation occurs when a bilingual

speaker uses more than one language in a single utterance above the clause level to

appropriately convey his/her intents. So the phenomenon which is happened on

facebook is the example of CS. According to Poplack (1980: 583), “Code switching is

the alternation of two languages within a single discourse, sentence or constituent”.

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the same context of situation and at the same time. Thus, a code refers to a variety

within the same language and the entire system of a language.

There are three types of code switches, as Poplack (1978) in Jalil (2009: 3)

there are three types of code-switching. First tag-switching, which is related to the

inclusion of a tag (e.g. you know, I mean, right, etc). This type of code-switching is very simple and does not involve a great command of both languages, since there is a

minimum risk of violation of grammatical rules. This type also finds on facebook, for

example “ai mak do usahlah begitu botul leh…kaang bekaek pulo mobil udo tu.. yakan #kk Idah. The switch in the data is tag-switching to ask affirmation to someone.

The second type of code-switching is intersentential switching, which is at the

phrase or sentence level, between sentences. For instance, the title of Shana Poplack’s

paper which is used in this study is a perfect example of intersentential switching:

‘Sometimes I’ll start a sentence in Spanish y termino en español’ [Sometimes I’ll start a sentence in Spanish and finish in Spanish]. Intersentential or extrasentential

occurs on facebook “bukan pelit, ini cara utk menghemat kuota BBM, bia sonang ati

Jokowi tuantu.?”.The male switches Bahasa Indonesian-Malay language outside the

sentence.

The third type of code-switching is intrasentential one. The complexity of this

type of switching is explained by the high probability of violation of syntactic rules,

as well as the requirement of a great knowledge of both grammars and how they map

onto each other. For example, in a Portuguese-English bilingual’s speech, “Yeah, I don’t know o meu lugar nesse mundo…so, something that is weird, like a, like a, I

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yang bisa menakluk medan kubangan kobaw. This is the Indonesia sentence and

switched into Malay language in one word. Kobaw means buffalo in English.

According to Gumpers (1972:424) there are two types of code switching,

namely metaphorical and situational code switching. Metaphorical code switching

refers to the process in which a bilingual speaker changes codes because of the change

in what is being talked about. For example, The male of Panipahan people on

facebook said.

“Minyak mahal!!! Tak teboi lai dah, sejak dari kemaren mobil udah di boi

besauh, kemano-mano naik kereta ajolah bia lebih hemat”. The word besauh is

usually used for the boat. It is used metaphorical CS, means that he makes the

replacement of using the word. In contrast to metaphorical CS, situational CS refers to

the process in which a bilingual person often switches from one code to another

depending on whom that person is talking to. For example, “Beberapa hari tk cukup istrht..penglihatanpun berkunang2…berdiri rasanya bumi nie bergoyang…klo berlanjut tau ape nak jadi”. “Ape nak jadi” is Malay language. At first the female

use Bahasa Indonesia and then she switched to Malay language because talking to

Panipahan people. It is the example of situational CS.

Based on the phenomenon that happens on facebook, females are used CS in

their language more than the male. Their purpose in using CS is for giving a gap with

the male. It can be seen from the changing of language and the result of the interview

with the female. She said that she does not want to get too close with the man. It can

be seen from the conversation below.

AS (Male) : Usah ditujukkan lagi bona kampong kito tu,…malu awq

nampak masyarakat sedunio.

AW (Female) : Sengaja di tunjukkan, biar massa diluar kubu tau

kehabatan supir kubu yang bias menakluk medan

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AS (Male) : tapi truknya begilimpangan abg tengok, dimano pulak lotak

kehebatannya?

AW (Female) : Yang tergelimpang supir dumai, kalu supir kubu kecillah.

There are many researchers have done researches about code-switching. Most

them did research to know the reasons of code switching occur, like what have done

by Pradina (2003). She conducted a research under titled “Code-Switching as the

Positive Politeness Strategies in Indonesia 4th_{Grade Students Conversation”. She}

finds that code-switching is not merely the changing of the language but it is also one

of strategies of the utterance to get the goals of code switching. As the result, this

study suggests that the use of code-switching is to fill the distance between

Indonesian and non-Indonesian students and also the distance between the Indonesian

students with the teacher. Code-switching is not only about two languages or more

that is changing but it is more than that. It is also about the strategy of the speaker’s

utterance especially in a multilingual community to get the same goals and agreement.

Meiny (2012) also conducted study of Code-switching in Teaching English to

Grade Eleven Students of Senior High School in Tebing Tinggi. She did this research

in order to know the functions of Code-switching, it was to facilitate the learning

which was done through translation and giving instruction. The internal factors that

triggered the occurrence of code-switching were teacher’s education, teacher’s

attitude and the translation method used. The external factor was the students’ English

proficiency.

Besides that Purwanti (2011) conducted a research about Code Switching

among Bilingual Teenagers. She investigates the types of code switching used in

bilingual teenagers’ conversation. Three underlying reasons for code switching were

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sentence connectors) and express group identity. The dominant reason used is express

group identity because the participants want to express their ability in using language

by switch their language.

In another case, Ambarita (2010) also conducted a research of code switching

in politic and law texts of the daily KOMPAS. She found the dominant occurrence of

conversational Code-switching, it was caused by language ability, ethno linguistic

necessity, and the purpose of the speaker, personality, situation, and social factors.

But in the writer’s opinion this research is not to depth because she just show the

frequency of code switching in the newspaper.

In some international journals also found some researches about

Code-switching. Like a research that did by Gardner-Chloros (2003).Gardner-Chloros found

that men and women do not have absolute differences in using CS. His research talks

about “How Code-switching mediates politeness”. Its related speech among London

Greek-Cypriots also has different findings with what the writer’s find in Malay

language and Bahasa Indonesia on facebook.

He said that however women seemed to make particularly frequent use of

these strategies to get round some of the traditional constraints on female discourse,

such as the expectation that it will be less forceful, pressing or direct than that of men,

or that making jokes is unfeminine. Women also used code switching for solidarity in

certain contexts which are directly relevant to them. The findings of this research are

contrast with what have been found by the writer.

But, what have been assumed by the writer is in line with found by Foster

(1995) that women use CS more than men in the same community. Foster in his

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between the two communities, and a remarkable amount of variation, as well,

between individuals regardless of gender.

From all of the previous research findings there are no reasons implied that

people use code switching. It is also the reasons of the writer to do further research

about code switching in Malay language. She will explore further the link between

languages and gender by considering whether certain specific function of CS which is

more common among women or men on facebook. Furthermore there will be gender

related differences in how CS is used, related to which functions are more prevalent

among women and men on facebook.

The researcher is going to put some the emphasis of this research they are 1)

The types of CS used by male and female on facebook, 2) The process of CS used by

male and female on facebook, and 3) The reasons of male and female used CS on

facebook.

1.2 The Problems of the Study

The problems of this study are formulated as the following.

1. What types of code switching are used by male and female in Malay

Language-Bahasa Indonesia on facebook?

2. How are the different kinds of code switching linguistically realized by male

and female in Malay language-Bahasa Indonesia on facebook?

3. Why do male and female use code switching in Malay Language-Bahasa

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1.3 The Objectives of the Study

In live to the problems previous stated, the objectives of the study are.

1. to investigate code switching types used by male and female in Malay

Language-Bahasa Indonesia on facebook,

2. to describe linguistic realizations of code switching that used by male and

female in Malay Language-Bahasa Indonesia on facebook, and

3. to reason for male and female on facebook use code switching in Malay

Language-Bahasa Indonesia on facebook.

1.4 The Scope of the Study

The scopes of the study are the sentences of male and female of Panipahan

people on facebook. There are 10 of Panipahan people are going to observed, 5

females and 5 males who are about 30-50 years old. They are active on facebook and

use Malay language recently on facebook. The choosing of 10 people is done by

purposive random sampling technique by giving some criteria. The data is taken from

February 2014 until February 2015 on facebook. But if the writer has got the pattern

of CS that used, she can stop the research earlier.

This study deals with code switching Malay Language-Bahasa Indonesia. The

realization of code-switching types based on Poplack’s (1978) in Jalil (2009: 3)

namely; intra-sentential switching, inter-sentential switching and tag switching, then

code switching types based on Gumperz (1972: 424) typology of code switching;

situational and metaphorical switching meet will discuss in this study. The reasons of

code switching usage based on Holmes’ theories (1992: 35-40) will be used in this

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1.5 The Significance of the Study

The findings of this study are expected to be relevant and useful theoretically

and practically.

Theoretically, the findings would be an evidence of present situation of Malay

language on facebook. The findings would be as a comparative study of many

theories of gender and code switching in order to get some information on types of

CS, and the findings hoped to be useful for the next researchers who will do an in

depth research dealing about gender, CS, or any research about Malay language on

facebook.

Practically, since this research focuses on CS in Malay language-Bahasa

Indonesia on facebook is directly connected to Panipahan people, it is also hoped to

be useful for all Panipahan people to realize that it is important to know and use

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CHAPTER V

CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1Conclusions

After deliberately analyzing the data, the conclusions are stated as follow. 1. The five types of code-switching namely (1) intrasentential, (2)

Intersentential, (3) tag switching, as stated by Poplack (1980) and (4) metaphor, (5) situational code-switching as stated by Blom and Gumpers (1972:424) are found in the communication on Facebook by Panipahan people. Males and females are used all types of code switching on facebook and the dominant used code switching is female.

2. Males dominantly used Intersentential types in communication, whereas females dominantly used intrasentential types in communication on facebook who are not fully speak Malay language but they insert some words that they know in Malay language.

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3.2Suggestions

Based on the conclusions stated above, this study has some suggestions to the readers, especially for researchers and Panipahan people as follows.

1. In relation with the findings in this study, it is suggested to the researchers to not only use the typology of code switching by Poplack (1980) in classifying code-switching but also use the typology of Blom and Gumpers (1972). Doing research about gender, communication, and culture will enhance insight into researchers own gender, both as it is now and as a new researcher may decide to revise it. You will become more aware of ways that cultural expectations of gender are communicated to you in your daily life. In turn, this awareness will allow the researcher to think more critically about whether there are cultural expectations that you want to challenge.

2. To Panipahan people, to be aware of using code-switching and keep using the Malay language fully so that it will still exist.

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