Codeswitching: Anthropological And Sociolinguistic Perspectives (contributions To The Sociology Of Language, Vol 48)

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language. Macro- and micro-sociolinguistic dimensions of codeswitching in Vingard (Romani a), by Erica McClure and Malcolm McClure. Codeswitching and comedy in Catalonia, by Kathryn A. Woolard. Strategic ambiguity, by Monica Heller. Mix-im-up, by P atrick McConvell. Codeswitching as indexical of social negotiations, by Carol M yers Scotton. A conversation analytic approach to codeswitching and transfer, b y J.C.P. Auer. Contrasting patterns of codeswitching in two communities, by Sha na Poplack. The political economy of code choice, by Susan Gal. Where do we go from Here?, by Monica Heller Table of Contents 5 1. Introduction 7 2. Macro- and micro-sociolinguistic dimensions of codeswitching in Vingard (Romania) 31 3. Codeswitching and comedy in Catalonia 59 4. Strategic ambiguity: codeswitching in the management of conflict 83 5. MIX-IM-UP: aboriginal codeswitching, old and new 103 6. Codeswitching as indexical of social negotiations 157 7. A conversation analytic approach to codeswitching and transfer 193 8. Contrasting patterns of codeswitching in two communities 221 9. The political economy of code choice 251 10. Where do we go from here? 271 Index 279 Codeswitching: Anthropological and Sociolinguistic Perspectives (Contributions to the Sociology of Language)