AN ANALYSIS OF CODE-MIXING IN MERRY RIANA AND MAUDY AYUNDA’S CONVERSATIONS ON YOUTUBE PODCAST

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the types of code-mixing employed by Maudy Ayunda and Merry Riana in the YouTube podcast “Maudy Ayunda Curhat Tentang Perempuan, Jesse Choi, dan Krisis Identitas.” The research adopts a qualitative descriptive approach to identify and analyze code-mixing based on Muysken’s (2000) typology, which classifies code-mixing into insertion, alternation, and congruent lexicalization. Data were obtained from the podcast’s full transcript using purposive sampling. The analysis revealed a total of seventy-one code-mixing instances, comprising thirty-two insertions, twenty alternations, and nineteen congruent lexicalizations. The findings demonstrate that insertion is the most dominant type of code-mixing used by both speakers, reflecting their bilingual proficiency and social adaptation to a bilingual audience. The study highlights how code-mixing functions not only as a linguistic phenomenon but also as a marker of identity, cultural, and communication strategy in digital media.Keywords: Code-mixing, Podcast, Sociolinguistic, Youtube