Publications

Publication details [#55540]

Deuchar, Margaret, Peredur Davies and Diana Carter. 2011. A Systematic Comparison of Factors Affecting the Choice of Matrix Language in Three Bilingual Communities. Journal of language contact 4 : 153–183.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | code-switching | contextualization | language use | speech community

Language as a subject

English, American | Spanish | Welsh

Place, Publisher

Brill

Annotation

This comparative corpus study draws on the Matrix Language Framework to examine the effect of structural relationships and extra-linguistic factors on code-switching (CS) patterns in three bilingual corpora, compiled in Wales, Miami and Patagonia.