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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelIn this study the writer is eager to find out the conversational
functions of code switching used by the main characters in Ketika Cinta
Bertasbih movie in their dialogues. Besides, the writer is also interested in
finding out factors that affect the code switching. Therefore, the writer
uses the theory of conversational functions of code switching by Gumperz
(1982) and is supported by the theory of social factors and dimensions by
Holmes (2001). In this research the writer observes the conversational
code switching produced by the main characters from the dialogue script.
In order to get the data, the writer watched the movie then transcribed the
dialogue to record the occurrence of code switching. To avoid the
deviation of the problems, the writer limits the code switching by
excluding the long-established borrowing in Indonesian from Arabic and
any language variations or styles of speech. From the research, the writer
found that the highest occurrence among those types is the addressee
specification. The writer interpreted this finding as occurred because the
multilingual community made the speaker to adjust the code being used.
The second highest is the message qualification that is used to qualify or
elaborates message to the addressee. Next, the factors that affect the code
switching the most is the participants factor, means the addressee of
whom a speaker talk to have an important role to determine and affect the
way one speaks depends on the degree of social distance and social status.