Codeswitching

This book focuses on codeswitching as an urban language-contact phenomenon. The chapters discuss such topics as the politics of codeswitching, the role of using more than one language in social identity, attitudes toward multi-language use, and the way codeswitching may occur as a community norm. CONTENTS Codeswitching as an Urban Language-Contact Phenomenon CODESWITCHING THEORY AND EXAMPLES: AFRICA Comparing Codeswitching and Borrowing French in Urban Lubumbashi Swahili: Codeswitching, Borrowing, or Both Codeswitching and the Exclusivity of Social Identities: Some Data from Campus Kiswahili Codeswitching in Bukavu Two Codes or One? The Insiders' View and the Description of Codeswitching in Dakar Socialising Multilingualism: Determinants of Codeswitching in Kenyan Primary Classrooms CODESWITCHING THEORY AND EXAMPLES: CANADA AND BELGIUM The Politics of Codeswitching and Language Choice French-Dutch Codeswitching in Brussels: Social Factors Explaining Its Disappearance CODESWITCHING IN CONTEXTS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING, DIALECT SHIFT AND STYLE SHIFT Codeswitching: Black English and Standard English in the African-American Linguistic Repertoire Codeswitching, Convergence and Compliance: The Development of Micro-Community Speech Norms Chinese Preschool Codeswitching: Mandarin Babytalk and the Voice of Authority Codeswitching for Humour and Ethnic Identity: Written Danish-American Occasional Songs