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Publication details [#12224]

Alfonzetti, Giovanna. 1998. The conversational dimension in code-switching between Italian and dialect in Sicily. In Auer, J.C. Peter, ed. Code-switching in Conversation. Language, interaction and identity. Routledge. pp. 180–211.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

code-switching | contextualization cue | discourse strategy

Language as a subject

Italian

Annotation

This article provides evidence for the independence of code-switching from conversation-external factors: it is shown that code-switching can be conversationally meaningful in a context of language contact between two closely related varieties.