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Cheng, Li-Rong1
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Cheng, Li-Rong; Butler, Katharine – World Englishes, 1989
Proposes that code switching (CS) and code mixing are natural phenomena that may result in increased competency in various communicative contexts. Both assets and deficits of CS are analyzed, and an ethnographic approach to the variable underlying CS is recommended. (32 references) (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Context