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Myers-Scotton, Carol. 1998. Structural uniformities vs. community differences in codeswitching. In Jacobson, Rodolfo. Codeswitching Worldwide. (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 106). De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 91–108.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
attitude | code-switching | language change | language dominance | language proficiency | matrix language vs. embedded language | performance1
Language as a subject
Arabic | Dutch | English | French | Hungarian | Swahili | Turkish

Annotation

This paper reflects on how to distinguish between a matrix and an embedded language in a given bilingual discourse and on the effect of social (language attitudes) and psycholinguistic factors (proficiency) on codeswitching.