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Publication details [#50977]
Georgakopoulou, Alexandra and Katerina Finnis. 2009. Code-switching ‘in site’ for fantasizing identities: A case study of conventional uses of London Greek Cypriot. Pragmatics 19 (3) : 467–488.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
International Pragmatics Association
Journal DOI
10.1075/prag
Annotation
This paper demonstrates that the discursive process of code-switching between English and ‘(London) Greek Cypriot’ in a youth organization group based in North London, constructs both identities in the sense of socially and culturally determined positions but also fantasizing identities.