Code-switching in Gol & Gincu

• Main Authors: Mohamed Nil, Zurina, Paramasivam, Shamala
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2012
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48186/1/48186.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48186/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812052433
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

There are a lot of research concerning code-switching, both in the local and international context. However, this study examines a different aspect of code-switching. It analyses the use of code-switching in the media specifically in a movie. The study aims to understand code-switching in the mediated form in a Malaysian movie; Gol & Gincu. The study examines the macro and micro functions of code-switching in this movie. It was found that some of the macro functions of code-switching included Speech Accommodation, Construction of Identity and to Exhibit Power. Within these macro functions, there were a variety of micro functions embedded within the discourse. The significance of the study is on how the macro and micro functions of code-switching in the movie Gol & Gincu may be reflective of code-switching in real life communication in Malaysian Society particularly the urban community.