Code Mixing Phenomenon on Mothers to Children Interaction on Japanese and Balinese Mixed Marriage

Research between nations is a very interesting topic to be discussed in studying the phenomenon of the use of code-mixing. This study is a descriptive qualitative study to find the code-mixing phenomenon in the interaction of Japanese mothers with children from marriages between Japanese and Balinese in Badung and Gianyar district. These districts are tourist destinations where many people there marry Japanese women. The research data is the dialogue between mother and child in various contexts. The observation method with listening techniques, note taking, and recording every dialogue that occurs are done in order to collect the data. The technique uses in data analysis is pragmatic equivalent technique. And the result of data analysis is presenting informally. The results of the study prove that the code mixing found in the interaction of mothers and children on mixed marriages between Japanese and Balinese has implemented three types of code mixing, those are Outer Code Mixing, Inner Code Mixing and Mixed Code Mixing (Hybrid Code Mixing). This is due to the lack of an appropriate word choice for the topic and the minimal ability of mothers to use Indonesian and Balinese. Therefore, Japanese mothers are more comfortable implementing code mixing when interacting in the family realm.