Macro- and micro-sociolinguistic dimensions of codeswitching in Vingard (Romani a), by Erica McClure and Malcolm McClure. Codeswitching and comedy in Catalonia, by Kathryn A. Woolard. Strategic ambiguity, by Monica Heller. Mix-im-up, by P atrick McConvell. Codeswitching as index…
Codeswitching: Anthropological and Sociolinguistic Perspectives (Contributions to the Sociology of Language).
Code-switching - the alternating use of several languages by bilingual speakers - does not usually indicate lack of competence on the part of the speaker in any of the languages concerned, but results from complex bilingual skills. The reasons why people switch their codes are a…
The alternating use of languages by bilingual speakers in a social, grammatical, and psycholinguistic context.
Bilingual codeswitching is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon, which calls for explanations on several different linguistic levels. This volume focuses on one such level: the level of syntax. An explanation for the regularities and consistencies in the codeswitching patterns of …
