Social Motivations for Codeswitching Evidence from Africa |
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| Author:
| Myers-Scotton, Carol |
| Series title: | Oxford Studies in Language Contact |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-823923-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1995 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $141.95AUD $129.05 |
Book Description:
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This book deals with codeswitching - the use of two or more different languages in the same conversation. Using data from multilingual African contexts, Carol Myers-Scotton advances an original theory applicable to any society: speakers change languages in order to negotiate a change in the tenor of the conversation, conveying warmth or anger, solidarity or power, by their linguistic choices.
This book deals with codeswitching - the use of two or more different languages in the same conversation. Using data from multilingual African contexts, Carol Myers-Scotton advances an original theory applicable to any society: speakers change languages in order to negotiate a change in the tenor of the conversation, conveying warmth or anger, solidarity or power, by their linguistic choices.