The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Code-Switching

by Bullock, Barbara E.

• ISBN13: 9780521875912
• ISBN10: 0521875919
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-23
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Code-switching - the alternating use of two languages in the same stretch of discourse by a bilingual speaker - is a dominant topic in the study of bilingualism and a phenomenon that generates a great deal of pointed discussion in the public domain. This handbook provides the most comprehensive guide to this bilingual phenomenon to date. Drawing on empirical data from a wide-range of language pairings, the leading researchers in the study of bilingualism examine the linguistic, social and cognitive implications of code-switching in up-to-date and accessible survey chapters. The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Code-Switching will serve as a vital resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as a wide-ranging overview for linguists, psychologists and speech scientists, and as an informative guide for educators interested in bilingual speech practices.

Author Biography

Barbara E. Bullock is Professor of Linguistics and French in the Department of French and Francophone Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. Almeida Jacqueline Toribio is Professor of Linguistics and Spanish Linguistics in the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese at The Pennsylvania State University.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. vii
List of tables	p. viii
List of contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Aims and content	p. xii
List of abbreviations	p. xiv
Themes in the study of code-switching	p. 1
Conceptual and methodological considerations in code-switching research	p. 19
Research techniques for the study of code-switching	p. 21
On the notions of congruence and convergence in code-switching	p. 40
Code-switching and transfer: an exploration of similarities and differences	p. 58
Loan translations versus code-switching	p. 75
Social aspects of code-switching	p. 95
Sociolinguistic factors in code-switching	p. 97
The Conversation Analytic model of code-switching	p. 114
Code-switching and the internet	p. 127
Phonetic accommodation in children's code-switching	p. 142
The structural implications of code-switching	p. 161
Phonetic reflexes of code-switching	p. 163
Code-switching between typologically distinct languages	p. 182
Language mixing in bilingual children: code-switching?	p. 199
Code-switching between sign languages	p. 221
Psycholinguistics and code-switching	p. 239
Code-switching and language disorders in bilingual children	p. 241
Code-switching, imperfect acquisition, and attrition	p. 253
Code-switching and the bilingual mental lexicon	p. 270
Code-switching and the brain	p. 289
Formal models of code-switching	p. 307
Generative approaches to code-switching	p. 309
A universal model of code-switching and bilingual language processing and production	p. 336
References	p. 358
Index of subjects	p. 416
Index of languages	p. 421
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