Code mixing and code switching

Code mixing is the change of one language to another within the same utterance or in the same oral/written text. It is a common phenomenon in socities in which two or more languages are uses, usually without a change of topic. Code mixing can be classified into two kinds.
1. Inner code mixing. We only change our word or phrase in vernacular (bahasa daerah). For example
This morning I hantar my baby tu dekat babysitter tu lah
2. Outer code mixing.
Change into foreign language.

Code switching is switching situation from one code to another (Suwito, 1985: 68). Code switching not only occurs in the form of language change but alsoay happen in the change of the varoant of language.

Why people are using code mixing and code switching?
1. Talking about a particular topic.
2. Expressing group identify
3. For prestige
4. To exclude other people when a comment is intended for only a limited audience.
5. Rival in speaking
6. Time and place in speaking

The different of code mixing and code switching are code mixing only change some word or phrase. But code switching  is all sentences.

And how about bilinguals? They are using code mixing or code switching. For children usually using code mixing. But for common people is using code switching.

Pidgin and creole

Pidgin is a language with no native speakers : it is no one's first language but is a contact language.
Creole is often define as a pidgin that has become the first language of a new generation of speakers.
Pidgin can be creole cause it is need big structure or completed sentence.
The different between pidgin and creole are
Pidgin is no native speaker, while creole native speaker. Pidgin is mixing of language and reduced grammar and vocabulary. Creole is mixed language associated with cultural and often racial mixture and have parents who use pidgin.

A pidgin language is a mixed language that enables limited communication between two groups that don’t share a common language. So that is the advantage.

The disadvantages are that the languages are limited, e.g. to trade, and that they have to be created over time.

Some languages that are referred to as pidgins are in fact creoles, which are full languages derived from pidgins. They are comparable to any other natural language in terms of pros and cons

Accent and dialect

Accent and dialect are very important to the way we speak. Your accent is the way you say words and your dialect is the form of speech you use depending on where you come from. In any part of the country, words for different things will be very different. There are a variety of very different and interesting accents in England, Venezuela, Spain, USA, Africa, China, Japon and so on. Or An accent is the way that particular person or group of people sound . It’s the way somebody pronounces words, the musicality of their speech, etc. A dialect describes both a person’s accent and the grammatical features of the way that person talks.

Idiolect comes from two Greek words, idio, which means personal and lect which means language. It is essentially your personal language. Imagine you were to write a dictionary of all the words you use, then that would be your idiolect. The greatest influence on your language is your immediate family, and the people you spend time with.

If you still not get my point, i will try to make easier for you. An accent, you can see from pronunciation. And how about dialect? You can see from grammatical , vocabulary and also pronunciation. For example,  you can see the different between america and british accent. In america " can " and " can't "are similiar to pronunciation  while british it has different to pronunciation. And how about dialect? For vocabulary in british: Football, biscuit, shop. And america  Soccer, cookie, store. Its so different, is not it?

Have you ever asked your self that your dialect or your accent will be lose? The answer yeah it will be. But depents on your self. You want to learn it or you want to use it on your social statue.