A STUDY ON CODE MIXING FOUND IN POS KUPANG NEWSPAPER
ABSTRACT The title of this writing was ‘’ study on code mixing found in POS KUPANG newspaper’’. This research aims to know the kinds and dominant kind of code mixing used in pos Kupang newspaper. The data taken from 30 editions of a month, using descriptive qualitative method. The writer used documentary instrument to find out the kinds and dominant one of code mixing. The result of the data analysis shows that POS KUPANG newspaper had six kinds of code mixing and also one dominant kind of code mixing. The findings showed that there are 71 titles out of 113 code-mixing from whole five kinds of code mixing represented; word (jadi hari ini kita lakukan pra event keliling kota Labuan bajo), phrase (saat ini kita memprioritaskan kelompok dengan high risk dimana sasaran 60% dari kecamatan borong), hybrid ( karya anak lembata didunia perfilman telah resmi dilaunching), repetition (kalau ada yang mau belajar kita sharing-sharing aja dari komunitas), idiom ( ini fresh from the oven baru tadi malam ditemukan dua kasus) and clause (Kalau gulunga itu printing. Tapi, tenun is not only tenun as fashion, but is also art. Seni. Sehingga tidak bisa gulungan seperti itu.) However, the most dominant code mixing used in Pos Kupang newspaper indicates by word with the total number of 50 (44,25%), therefore word was dominant Because, the number of word was high than others. Key words: Dominant, code mixing, Pos kupang newspaper.