Codeswitching Worldwide. [I]

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Rodolfo Jacobson
Walter de Gruyter, Jul 20, 2011 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 273 pages

The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. The series considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language.

 

Contents

Introduction
1
Section 1 General issues and new frontiers
13
What a difference
15
An unequal partnership?
25
An attempt at Contrastive Codeswitching research
51
Section 2 Language norms and models and how to describe them
77
Taxonomic or functional models in the description of codeswitching? Evidence from Mandinka and Wolof in African contact situations
79
Structural uniformities vs community differences in codeswitching
91
Section 3 Patterns and styles in codeswitching
151
Banana split? Variations in language choice and codeswitching patterns of two groups of Britishborn Chinese in Tyneside
153
Turkish German codeswitching patterns
177
Genetics and language shift
199
Is genetic connection relevant in codeswitching? Evidence from South Asian languages
201
Codeswitching as an indicator for language shift? Evidence from Sardinian Italian bilingualism
221
Bibliography
249
Index
263

Meaning and form in codeswitching
109
Evidence from Mexico Spain and Bulgaria
125

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