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This study investigates code-fwitching within a bilingual speech community. The languages used in... more This study investigates code-fwitching within a bilingual speech community. The languages used in this community are Indonesian, the national language 9f Indonesia, and Simalungun, one of the regional languages spoken in North Sumatra. Conversations amongst young bilinguals with balanced competence in both languages were recorded and passages containing examples of codeswitching were transcribed for analysis. It was found that the base language of interaction was Simalungun, but that code-switching into Indonesian occurred in all conversations recorded. Analysis of the language data collected led to the conclusion that codeswitching was used by the speakers in different ways. Indonesian loans were used to fill lexical gaps in the regional language. Indonesian was also Purba. Thank you also to Wendy Lewis, for her proofreading and encouragement. I would also like to thank my family for their patience and forebearance of my "hobby'. Finally, I would like to thank my mother and father for being such inspiring lifelong learners.

This study investigates code-fwitching within a bilingual speech community. The languages used in... more This study investigates code-fwitching within a bilingual speech community. The languages used in this community are Indonesian, the national language 9f Indonesia, and Simalungun, one of the regional languages spoken in North Sumatra. Conversations amongst young bilinguals with balanced competence in both languages were recorded and passages containing examples of codeswitching were transcribed for analysis. It was found that the base language of interaction was Simalungun, but that code-switching into Indonesian occurred in all conversations recorded. Analysis of the language data collected led to the conclusion that codeswitching was used by the speakers in different ways. Indonesian loans were used to fill lexical gaps in the regional language. Indonesian was also Purba. Thank you also to Wendy Lewis, for her proofreading and encouragement. I would also like to thank my family for their patience and forebearance of my "hobby'. Finally, I would like to thank my mother and father for being such inspiring lifelong learners.

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