Code-switching and the optimal grammar of bilingual language use
2011 ◽
Vol 14
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pp. 522-546
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In this article, we provide a framework of bilingual grammar that offers a theoretical understanding of the socio-cognitive bases of code-switching in terms of five general principles that, individually or through interaction with each other, explain how and why specific instances of code-switching arise. We provide cross-linguistic empirical evidence to claim that these general sociolinguistic principles, stated as socio-cognitive constraints on code-switching, characterize multi-linguistic competence in so far as they are able to show how “local” functions of code-switching arise as specific instantiations of these “global” principles, or (products of) their interactions.
2008 ◽
Vol 17
(3)
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pp. 87-92
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2018 ◽
Vol 22
(2)
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pp. 366-382
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2017 ◽
Vol 22
(6)
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pp. 706-724
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