Publications

Publication details [#12738]

McClure, Erica F. 1998. The relationship between form and function in written national language-English codeswitching: Evidence from Mexico, Spain, and Bulgaria. In Jacobson, Rodolfo. Codeswitching Worldwide. (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 106). De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 125–150.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

code-switching | language contact | national language | written language

Language as a subject

Bulgarian | English | Spanish

Annotation

A comparison of the form and function of written codeswitching in Mexican, Spanish and Bulgarian publications. The nature of contact with the anglophone community (as well as economic, political and cultural aspects) between the languages in question is taken to account for the differences in written codeswitching.