CODE SWITCHING USED BY BILINGUAL YOUTUBER AGUNG HAPSAH IN VLOGS

The phenomenon of code switching is common in daily life whether in direct conversations or in online social medias. Internet becomes one of the social media’s sources where we can see the phenomenon of code switching. YouTube becomes the most popular video share site. There are many YouTubers who use code-switching while hosting their vlogs. This study examined code switching used by a bilingual YouTuber, Agung Hapsah in his vlogs. It focused on the types of code-switching using Edwards’ theory (2003) and the functions of code switching using Appel and Muysken’s theory (1987). This study applied qualitative approach to analyze code switching and used purposive sampling to choose three different vlogs. As the data of analysis, the writer chose three vlogs conducted in both Bahasa Indonesia and English. The results show that intrasentential switching was the type mostly used by Agung Hapsah. One of the reasons is that this type of code switching seems to be simple and easy to be done. This finding is similar to the finding of some previous studies. Furthermore, the referential function also occurs the most in his code switching