An Examination of Code-Switching among Itsekiri-English Bilinguals.

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dc.contributor.authorAdokpaye, Thelma
dc.contributor.otherPariola, Goke
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-14T09:53:46Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-27T15:00:17Z
dc.date.available2014-02-14T09:53:46Z
dc.date.available2018-10-27T15:00:17Z
dc.date.issued1985
dc.degree.awardM.A English Languageen_US
dc.departmentEnglishen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study set out to examine the Socio-linguistic constraints on conversational code-switching among educated Itsekiri-English bilinguals living in Lagos. It was carried out with the primary aim being, to distinguish the social factors motivating the bilingual's code-switching and to establish the linguistic constraints on the code-switching. 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 tape recordings of naturally occurring conversation between participants. A detailed analysis of the recorded conversations was carried out to establish the nature of Itsekiri-English bilingual code-switching. Constraints on the switching were 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.en_US
dc.facultiesArten_US
dc.format.filetypePDFen_US
dc.identifier.citationAPAen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2694
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages.totalpages156pen_US
dc.publisherObafemi Awolowo Universityen_US
dc.subjectConversational code-switchingen_US
dc.subjectItsekiri-English bilingualsen_US
dc.subjectlinguistic constraintsen_US
dc.titleAn Examination of Code-Switching among Itsekiri-English Bilinguals.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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