AN ANALYSIS ON CODE MIXING OF THE SUNDAY PREACHING IN GSJA ALFA OMEGA TARUS

Abstract

Code Mixing becomes one of unique phenomena in a language. Code mixing can be applied among social interaction in bilingual communication and society. There are many people nowadays who also uses code mixing on their conversation. This research focuses on code mixing that occurs in formal situation in a church in Tarus, Kupang regency in East Nusa Tenggara. This research deals with utterances that are spoken by preachers in GSJA Alfa Omega Tarus. The purpose of this study is to know the types of code mixing and factors of using code mixing on Sunday preaching in GSJA Alfa Omega Tarus. The research is a type of qualitative research that aims to describe the types and factors of using code mixing on Sunday preaching in GSJA Alfa Omega. The data used in this study were taken from an  informant who are is a preacher in this church. Data were gathered by using observation and interviews in the field. The result shows that types of code mixing found on this church are word insertion, pharase insertion, repetition insertion, and cluase insertion. While the factors of using code mixing are: talking about a particular topic, quoting somebody, interjection, repetition used for clarification, Intention of clarifying the speech content for interclotur, demands of church policy, and desire to motivate youth.

Keywords: sociolinguistics, code mixing, Sunday preaching