AN ANALYSIS CODE SWITCHING IN THE LYRICS OF ANGGUN CIPTA SASMIS’ SONGS

This research focuses on analyzing code switching in the lyrics of Anggun C
Sasmis’ songs. It is chosen because code switching commonly happens in direct
conversation, but in this context, it occurs in the songs. The Lyrics of Anggun C
Sasmis' songs consist of many linguistic resources that provide very rich material for
a study of code switching. This study analyzes the types and the causes of code-
switching found in the lyrics of Angguns’ songs. A descriptive qualitative method is
used to describe and explain the phenomenon of code switching in the lyrics of
Angguns’ songs. The researchers' instrument is collecting, classifying and analyzing
the data. The data were collected from the lyrics of Angguns’ songs obtained from
the internet. Furthermore, the finding data were analyzed using Hoffman’s, Costa
and Santesteban's, and Bloom and Gumperz’s theory.
The result of this study shows that the types of code switching found in the
lyrics of Angguns’ songs are inter-sentential switching, and intra-sentential
switching. Moreover, Angguns’ lyrics included in types of external code switching
and situational code switching. The causes of code-switching found in the lyrics of
Angguns’ songs are participant and setting. In addition, the result also shows that
lyrics can be analyzed by using code switching.
It is suggested for the next
researchers to analyze code switching involving more than two languages, because
this present study analyzes English-French, Indonesia-English, French- Indonesia
code switching which occurs in the lyrics of Angguns’ songs. It is also expected to
analyze code switching more deeply in another indirect conversation, and to find out
the functions of code switching, for example in the poem and quatrain.