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

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ID21828482
AuthorsAdlin Nadhirah Mohd Roslan (Universiti Teknologi MARA), Malissa Maria Mahmud (0000-0001-6702-155X, Sunway University, corresponding author), Othman Ismail (0000-0003-3256-070X, Universiti Teknologi MARA)
Year2021
Volume17
Issue10
Pages43
Publication date2021-09-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1911-2017 • E-ISSN: 1911-2025
PublisherCanadian Center of Science and Education (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5539/ass.v17n10p43
OpenAlexW3199516903
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

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

Asynchronous communication · Code-switching · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Programming language · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Digital Communication and Language · English Language Learning and Teaching · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology

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