CODE MIXING IN BALINESE CONVERSATION IN TRADITIONAL MARKETS

Abstract

Nowadays people have acquired more than one language. As in Bali, Balinese people speak Balinese, Indonesian, and also English. This bilingual ability causes the phenomenon of code mixing. This study aims to analyze code mixing found in conversations of seller and buyer in some traditional markets in Denpasar, Bali as well as the language function involved. The base language used in the conversation is Bali, but there are Indonesian and English codes mixed in the utterances. This study is qualitative research that collected the data by using observation methods with recording and note-taking techniques. The data analyzed by using theory of code mixing from Muysken (2000) and theory of language function from Jacobson (1966). The result shows that the code mixing appears in terms of words and phrases, which can be categorized as insertion, alternation or congruent lexicalization. The utterances also have some language function, such as referential, conative and metalingual. Conative is the dominant function used because the utterances are about transaction between the seller and buyer, therefore the interlocutor's response is matter.