Code-switching. Grammatical, pragmatic and psycholinguistic aspects

Seminararbeit , 2002 , 41 Seiten , Note: 1,5

Anglistik - Linguistik

The aim of this paper is to provide a complete overview over the phenomenon of code-switching. In this paper, we will summarize the knowledge currently available on the discourse, linguistic and psycholinguistic aspects of code-switching. Such an overview can be used for different purposes: for seminar reports and papers, and for the preparation for exams in linguistics. The first chapter of this paper deals with grammatical/syntactic aspects of code-switching. It is followed by the analysis of the pragmatic/discourse aspects of code-switching. Within the last chapter on psycholinguistic aspects of code-switching we will present some findings of researches on children's acquisition of bilingual speech. Another point of our concern will be the influence of the average bilingual competence on the patterns of code-switching used by bilinguals.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter I. Grammatical/syntactic aspects of code-switching
1. Definitions of code-switching
2. Code-switching vs. borrowing and code-mixing
3. Types of code-switching
4. Grammatical constraints on code-switching
4.1. Types of grammatical constraints: general/universal vs. relativized/probabalistic
4.2. Constraints based on linearity (Poplack)
4.3. Constraints based on dependency (theory of government)
4.4. Constraints considering assymetry of two languages (Matrix Language Frame model by Myers-Scotton)

Chapter II. Pragmatic/discourse aspects of code-switching
1. Functions of code-switching (the functional model by Jakobson)
2. Discourse functions of code-switching (Gumperz)
3. Transactional vs. metaphorical code-switching (Gumperz)
4. Concept of the social arena (Scotton and Ury)
5. Attitudes towards code-switching

Chapter III. Psycholinguistic aspects of code-switching
1. Acquisition of two languages
1.1. Fusion vs. separation of two languages
1.2. Acquisition of the pragmatic functions of code-switching
1.3. Syntactic apects of code-switching in the language acquisition
2. Bilingual competence

Conclusion

References

• Hochschule: Freie Universität Berlin (Institut für Amerikanistik)
• Note: 1,5
• Autor: Elena Gluth (Autor:in)
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
• Seiten: 41
• Katalognummer: V537681
• ISBN (eBook): 9783346142948
• ISBN (Buch): 9783346142955
• Sprache: Englisch
• Schlagworte: liguistics, bilingualism, multilingualisam, code-switching