*Corresponding Author P-ISSN: 1978-8118 E-ISSN: 2460-710X 215 Lingua Cultura, 15(2), December 2021, 215-221 DOI: 10.21512/lc.v15i2.7328 SOCIAL RELATION THAT TRIGGERS THE USE OF CODE- SWITCHING IN THE NOVEL THE ARCHITECTURE OF LOVE BY IKA NATASSA Clara Herlina Karjo 1 *; Fairuza Alyarizky 2 1,2 English Department, Faculty of Humanities, Bina Nusantara University Jl. Kemanggisan Illir III No. 45, Palmerah, Jakarta 11480, Indonesia 1 claraherlina@yahoo.com; 2 fairuzaar@gmail.com Received: 06 th May 2021/Revised: 13 th October 2021/Accepted: 13 th October 2021 How to Cite: Karjo, C. H. & Alyarizky, F. (2021). Social relation that triggers the use of code-switching in the novel the architecture of love by Ika Natassa. Lingua Cultura, 15(2), 215-221. https://doi.org/10.21512/lc.v15i2.7328 ABSTRACT The research aimed to fnd out the infuencing factors that caused the characters and the narrator in the novel ‘The Architecture of Love’ to do code-switching and discover how the social relation between the characters and the narrator afected the use of code-switching. Novels written by bilingual authors were frequently used as objects of analysis in code-switching research. However, most research only focused on the code-switching performed by the characters in the novels. Rarely had the attention been given to the authors or the narrators of the story. A descriptive text analysis method and library research were used to analyze the dialogues and narratives found in this novel. Results show that the reasons for most of the code switch used in the dialogues and narratives are the intentions of clarifying the speech content for the interlocutors and when talking about a particular topic. The social relation of the character shows that they treat each other as friends that have equal social status. A similar relation is also found between the writer and the readers. It can be implied that the social relation between the characters does afect the use of code-switching. Keywords: social relation, code switching, novel characters, novel narrative INTRODUCTION Code-switching is a common phenomenon in bilingual or multilingual communities. In their interactions, bilingual people usually alternate between the languages efortlessly. Poplack (1980) has defned code-switching as a change between two languages in a single conversation, sentence, or component. Hartmann, Choudhury, and Bali (2018) have defned code-switching as using at least two languages by the same speaker who is fuent in these languages within a single conversation. Code-switching is thought of as an interaction strategy adopted by a bilingual to negotiate his/her code choice with his/her addressees (Al Rousan & Merghmi, 2019). Currently, however, code-switching does not only occur in oral interaction, but it can also be found in other media such as literary works, songs, or movies. One particular form of literary works that use code-switching is novel. However, studies on code- switching in literary works such as novels have been ignored by researchers because they lack spontaneity (Weston & Gardner-Chloros, 2015). Some Indonesian novelists are found to apply code-switching in their works. One of Indonesia’s bestselling authors who often use code-switching in their novels is Ika Natassa. Some of her popular works include Divortiare (2008), Antologi Rasa (2011), Twivortiare 2 (2014), Critical Eleven (2015), and The Architecture of Love (2016). She is especially known for her unique writing skill by utilizing Twitter to write her story. One of her latest works that involved polling features on Twitter is The Architecture of Love. This novel is about a girl named Raia who moved to New York hoping to overcome her writer’s block. In New York, Raia meets a guy named River, who, in the