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Why Code-switch on WhatsApp? A Quantitative Analysis of Types and Influences of Code-switching

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  • Adlin Nadhirah Mohd Roslan
  • Malissa Maria Mahmud
  • Othman Ismail

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This paper examines an asynchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) between bilingual university students in Malaysia, in particular via Whatsapp by appropriating a functional approach in scrutinizing the diverse types and influences for codeswitching (CS). A quantitative methodology was employed wherein a survey was designed and administered to undergraduate students from the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). A dataset from a total of 90 respondents was collected from five faculties; Academy of Language Studies, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies and Faculty of Education. The yielded findings postulate that inter-sentential code-switching was the most used type of code-switching among the respondents and habitual expression is the main factor that influence them to code-switch.

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  • Adlin Nadhirah Mohd Roslan & Malissa Maria Mahmud & Othman Ismail, 2021. "Why Code-switch on WhatsApp? A Quantitative Analysis of Types and Influences of Code-switching," Asian Social Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 17(10), pages 1-43, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:assjnl:v:17:y:2021:i:10:p:43
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