Code-Switching as an Evaluative Device in Bilingual Discourse.

Halmari, Helena

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ERIC Number: EJ541196

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Code-Switching as an Evaluative Device in Bilingual Discourse.

Halmari, Helena

Issues in Applied Linguistics, v4 n1 p91-118 Jun 1993

Examines the evaluative component in bilingual discourse in order to show that for the purpose of evaluation, the bilingual often switches from one language to the other. The study examines spontaneous stories, unplanned short narratives and conversational exchanges occurring in the recorded speech of two Finnish-English bilingual children. (32 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Finnish, Language Fluency, Narration, Second Language Instruction, Sociolinguistics, Speech Communication, Syntax, Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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