Code-Switching: Grammatical and Functional Explanations.

De Fina, Anna

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ERIC Number: EJ407125

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Publication Date: 1989

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Code-Switching: Grammatical and Functional Explanations.

De Fina, Anna

Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, v21 n3 p107-140 Sep-Dec 1989

Reports the results of an analysis of conversations among bilingual adults designed to determine the nature of code switching. Categories for the analysis are proposed, syntactic constraints on code switching are discussed, and code switching as a conversational strategy is considered. (24 references) (CFM)

Descriptors: Adults, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), English, Interlanguage, Italian, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Borrowing, Spanish, Speech Communication, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Syntax

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