An Examination of Code-Switching Among Isekiri-English Bilinguals
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Date
1985
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Obafemi Awolowo University
Abstract
This study was carried out with the aid of a preliminary 4 weeks of field observation of participants in different settings and interactions followed up with 4 hours and 20 minutes of tare recordings of naturally occurring conversation between participants. A detailed analysis of the recorded conversations was carried out to establish the nature of Isekiri-English bilingual codeswitching;. Constraints on the switching was attributed to both linguistic and social factors. From this exercise, the varieties of code-switching, the matrix language, word classes and categories of items, the grammatical rules and the number of grammars involved in the code-switching situation were determined.
Finally, suggestions were given as to the possibility of establishing a universal grammar for code-switching by comparing the findings in this investigation with those or other people who have worked in this area of language contact.
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Linguistics, Bilingual, language, Grammar
Citation
Adokpaye, A.T (1985)