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Publication details [#35793]

Myers-Scotton, Carol. 1992. Comparing codeswitching and borrowing. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 13 (1/2) : 19–39.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

borrowing | code-switching | matrix language vs. embedded language

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

ISBN

0143-4632

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

Working with the Matrix Language Frame model, this article argues that notwithstanding some major differences in the forms of Embedded Language material in codeswitching discourse, codeswitched and borrowed forms stem from related processes.