DEUTSCH-ENGLISCHES CODE-SWITCHING IN SOZIALEN MEDIEN - Soziolinguistische Korpusanalyse von Kommentaren auf TikTok unter Beiträgen über Lebensgeschichten, Humor und Hobbys

Abstract

In recent years code-switching is becoming more and more popular in sociolinguistic studies. This essay deals with the analysis of this phenomenon based on the comments published on TikTok, a social media platform used primarily by people between 18 and 24 years old. All comments contain instances of German-English code-switching. By applying sociolinguistic analysis on the corpus of several chosen comments found on this platform, this essay aims to discover how users of TikTok shape their identity online and their membership in TikTok- Community. The focus of the analysis is on the type of code-switching used, possible reasons behind using English terms in the German language and ways of shaping online identity by applying code-switching in the comments.