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Social Motivations for Codeswitching

Evidence from Africa

Social Motivations for Codeswitching( )
Author: Myers-Scotton, Carol
Series title:Oxford Studies in Language Contact Ser.
ISBN:978-0-19-823923-9
Publication Date:Sep 1995
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Imprint:Clarendon Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $78.00
Book Description:

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.

Book Details
Pages:190
Detailed Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.045 x 9.126 x 0.507 Inches
Book Weight:0.735 Pounds



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