Codeswitching / / ed. by Carol M. Eastman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2023
• MitwirkendeR: Abagi, Jared O.,; Blommaert, Jan,; Bunyi, Grace,; Burt, Susan Meredith,; Cleghorn, Ailie,; DeBose, Charles E.,; Eastman, Carol M.,; Farris, Catherine S.,; Goyvaerts, Didier L.,; Gysels, Marjolein,; Heller, Monica,; Merritt, Marilyn,; Myers-Scotton, Carol,; Stolen, Marianne,; Swigart, Leigh,; Treffers-Daller, Jeanine,; Zembele, Tembue,
• HerausgeberIn: Eastman, Carol M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [1992]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 1992
• Language: English
• Series: Multilingual Matters ; 89
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Codeswitching as an Urban Language-Contact Phenomenon --; CODESWITCHING THEORY AND EXAMPLES: AFRICA --; Comparing Codeswitching and Borrowing --; French in Urban Lubumbashi Swahili: Codeswitching, Borrowing, or Both --; Codeswitching and the Exclusivity of Social Identities: Some Data from Campus Kiswahili --; Codeswitching in Bukavu --; Two Codes or One? The Insiders' View and the Description of Codeswitching in Dakar --; Socialising Multilingualism: Determinants of Codeswitching in Kenyan Primary Classrooms --; CODESWITCHING THEORY AND EXAMPLES: CANADA AND BELGIUM --; The Politics of Codeswitching and Language Choice --; French-Dutch Codeswitching in Brussels: Social Factors Explaining Its Disappearance --; CODESWITCHING IN CONTEXTS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING, DIALECT SHIFT AND STYLE SHIFT --; Codeswitching: Black English and Standard English in the African-American Linguistic Repertoire --; Codeswitching, Convergence and Compliance: The Development of Micro-Community Speech Norms --; Chinese Preschool Codeswitching: Mandarin Babytalk and the Voice of Authority --; Codeswitching for Humour and Ethnic Identity: Written Danish-American Occasional Songs
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781800418165; 9783111024721
• DOI: 10.21832/9781800418165
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Carol M. Eastman.

This book focuses on codeswitching as an urban language-contact phenomenon. The chapters discuss such topics as the politics of codeswitching, the role of using more than one language in social identity, attitudes toward multi-language use, and the way codeswitching may occur as a community norm.