Publications

Publication details [#42606]

Paugh, Amy L. 2005. Multilingual play: Children's code-switching, role play, and agency in Dominica, West Indies. Language in Society 34 (1) : 63–86.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

agency | children's play | code-switching | language shift | role-playing

Language as a subject

English | patwa

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This study investigates how, despite possible adult sanctions, children employ Patwa during their peer role-play to interpret specific adult roles, and what this means with regard to their knowledge concerning role- and place-fit language use.