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Publication details [#9623]

Vaid, Jyotsna. 1980. The form and function of code-mixing in Indian films: The case of Hindi and English. Indian Linguistics 41 (1) : 37–44.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
code-switching | film
Language as a subject
English | Hindi-Urdu

Annotation

It is shown that a code-mixing variety appears to have certain pragmatic advantages over both of the pure varieties from which it is derived.