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Publication details [#59071]

Ndimande-Hlongwa, Nobuhle and Hloniphani Ndebele. 2014. Digging deep into IsiZulu-English code-switching in a peri-urban context. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 45 (2) : 237–256.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

code-switching | language and culture | language proficiency | motivation | urban community

Language as a subject

English | isiZulu

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper discusses the social and cultural functions, types and motivations of IsiZulu-English code-switching among peri-urban speakers living in Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu in the KwaZulu-Natal province.