Proceedings of the 20th AsiaTEFL-68th TEFLIN-5th iNELTAL Conference (ASIATEFL 2022)

Singlish Phenomenon-Code Switching Viewpoint

Authors
Lia Nurmalia1, *, Cicih Nuraeni1, Prapti Wigati Purwaningrum1, Baiatun Nisa1, Unpris Yastanti1
1Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika, Jakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: lia.lnm@bsi.ac.id
Corresponding Author
Lia Nurmalia
Available Online 18 May 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_31How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Singlish; Code Switching; Types; Function
Abstract

Code switching during English interaction happens due to some reasons. One of the world issues in code switching is Singlish or SgE phenomenon. This research is aimed to contribute some findings in discourse particles that are commonly used in SgE interaction through code switching viewpoint. The data were taken from Crazy Rich Asians Novel, written by Singaporean, Kevin Kwan. The theories used in this research are from Lan (2017) which is used to analyze discourse particles in SgE and theory from Appel and Muysken (2006) to analyze type and function of code switching. Descriptive qualitative method is applied in this research. The results show that (1) there are 7 discourse particles found in this research: Alamak, Lah, Aiyah, Aiyoh, Hiyah, Ah, Mah. The most frequently used particles are lah (29%) and alamak (29%). (2) Based on the types of code switching, from 42 data, it was found that 24 data (58%) are categorized intra-sentential types, meanwhile tag switching and inter-sentential type are found in 9 data (21%) for each. (3) The function of code switching in SgE interaction of using particle are expressive and phatic functions. It can be concluded that code switching used in Singlish interaction is to express feeling, for example shock and dismay and to show solidarity among the speakers.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 20th AsiaTEFL-68th TEFLIN-5th iNELTAL Conference (ASIATEFL 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
18 May 2023
ISBN
978-2-38476-054-1
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_31How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lia Nurmalia
AU  - Cicih Nuraeni
AU  - Prapti Wigati Purwaningrum
AU  - Baiatun Nisa
AU  - Unpris Yastanti
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/05/18
TI  - Singlish Phenomenon-Code Switching Viewpoint
BT  - Proceedings of the 20th AsiaTEFL-68th TEFLIN-5th iNELTAL Conference (ASIATEFL 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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