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Sounkalo, Jiddou. 1995. Code-switching as indexical of native language lexical deficiency in Mauritania. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 16 (5) : 403–421.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

code-switching | education | foreign language teaching | language proficiency | lexical gap

Language as a subject

Pulaar

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

ISBN

0143-4632

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper explores the relationship between continued French instruction and the phenomena of lexical attrition and deficiency in the speech of Hassania, Pulaar, Soninké and Wolof speakers (Mauretania), who received no formal instruction in their native language.