Publications

Publication details [#35797]

Swigart, Leigh. 1992. Two codes or one? The insiders' view and the description of codeswitching in Dakar. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 13 (1/2) : 83–102.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | code-switching | language attitude | language use | urban community

Language as a subject

French | Wolof

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

ISBN

0143-4632

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper deals with Wolof-French codeswitching in Dakar, and in particular with Urban Wolof speakers' view on the status of 'Urban Wolof' as a distinct code or 'language' and on attitudes regarding its use.