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Publication details [#29031]

Sounkalo, Jiddou. 1995. Code-switching as indexical of native language lexical deficiency in Mauritania. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 16 (5) : 403–421.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Multilingual Matters
ISBN
0143-4632

Annotation

This paper explores the relationship between continued French instruction and the phenomena of lexical attrition and deficiency in the speech of Hassania, Pulaar, Soninké and Wolof speakers (Mauretania), who received no formal instruction in their native language.