Intrasentential and Extrasentential Code-switching Among Young Bilingual Speakers in Bamako: A Conversation Analytical Perspective [PDF]
The linguistic reality in Bamako, Mali, has made it commonplace that most interactions are performed in a language combining Bambara and French. The reason is certainly that Bamako, as some researchers suggest, is an ethnic and linguistic melting pot ...
Boubacar Bocoum
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Constraints on South African English-Afrikaans intrasentential code switching : a minimalist approach [PDF]
Since the 1970s, the phenomenon of code switching has been studied from a variety of theoretical perspectives. From a structuralist perspective, the most important question arising from this extensive study of code switching concerns the nature of the ...
Van Dulm, Ondene
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English-Tigrinya Intrasentential Code-switching on Tigrinya FM Radio Programs (TFRPs) [PDF]
This study deals with the linguistic analysis of Tigrinya-English(Tiglish) code-switching phenomenon: the case FM Radio Programs broadcasting in and around Mekelle.
Keleta, Bahire Araya
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Igbo-English intrasentential codeswitching and the Matrix Language Frame model [PDF]
Diversity in African Languages contains a selection of revised papers from the 46th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, held at the University of Oregon. Most chapters focus on single languages, addressing diverse aspects of their phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, information structure, or historical development.
Fagundes Camargos, Quesler; Federal University of Rondônia +39 more
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Code switching is a sociolinguistic phenomenon that is found wherever two or more language varieties are used in a speech community. Bilingual or multilingual speakers who speak two or more language varieties often switch fluently between these ...
Van Gass, Kate
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Language Change at the Interfaces
This volume offers an up-to-date survey of linguistic phenomena at the interfaces between syntax and prosody, information structure and discourse – with a special focus on Germanic and Romance – and their role in language change. The contributions, set within the generative framework, discuss original data and provide new insights into the diachronic ...
Nicholas Catasso +2 more
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Linguistic constraints on intrasentential code-switching: A study of Spanish/Hebrew bilingualism [PDF]
ABSTRACTIn recent years, research has increasingly pointed toward the universality of three linguistic constraints on code-switching: (1) an equivalence of structure constraint, (2) a size-of-constituent constraint, and (3) a free morpheme constraint. The evidence derived from this study challenges the universality of the first two of these constraints,
Berk-Seligson, Susan
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Toward an Aposynthesis of Topic Continuity and Intrasentential Anaphora
The problem of proposing referents for anaphoric expressions has been extensively researched in the literature and significant insights have been gained through the various approaches. However, no single model is capable of handling all the cases. We argue that this is due to a failure of the models to identify two distinct processes.
Eleni Miltsakaki
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Development of intrasentential code-switching patterns in Spanish-speaking English learners. [PDF]
Abstract Bilingual children often engage in code-switching (CS) or switching between languages. Research indicates CS shifts as a child's L1 and L2 proficiency change, yet little is known about how these patterns unfold in structured academic tasks.
Schneider JM +3 more
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Bilingual language development in Pakistani heritage children in Rochdale UK: Intrasentential codeswitching and the implications for identifying specific language impairment [PDF]
This research aimed to describe the patterns of language development and frequency of codeswitching in Pakistani heritage children. Receptive and expressive language skills of 167 participants aged between 2;6 and 7;2 were sampled in their home language,
Pert, S.; id_orcid
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