Grammatical constraints on intrasentential code switching : evidence from English-Afrikaans code switching

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dc.contributor.authorVan Gass, Kateen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-23T11:51:32Z
dc.date.available2013-01-23T11:51:32Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.descriptionCITATION: Van Gass, K. 2002. Grammatical constraints on intrasentential code switching : evidence from English-Afrikaans code switching. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 31, doi:10.5842/31-0-12.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://spilplus.journals.ac.za
dc.description.abstractCode switching is a sociolinguistic phenomenon that is found wherever two or more language varieties are used in a speech community. Bilingual or multilingual speakers who speak two or more language varieties often switch fluently between these linguistic codes, sometimes even within the same utterance, a phenomenon that is generally referred to as "intrasentential code switching"1 . Various grammatical constraints on intrasentential code switching have been proposed in the literature2 . In this article, I will critically examine, using EnglishAfrikaans code switching data, the empirical predictions of two of these constraints, viz. Poplack's (1980) Free Morpheme Constraint and Belazi, Rubin & Toribio's (1994) Functional Head Constraint. I will suggest possible explanations for aspects of the data that appear to be unaccounted for in Poplack's (1980) and Belazi et al.'s (1994) frameworks. I will also characterise another approach to code switching, namely a Minimalist approach, and examine some of the advantages of such an approach by re-examining the data.
dc.description.urihttps://spilplus.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/12
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent23 pages
dc.identifier.citationVan Gass, K. 2002. Grammatical constraints on intrasentential code switching : evidence from English-Afrikaans code switching. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 31, doi:10.5842/31-0-12.
dc.identifier.issn2224-3380 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1726-541X (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/75214
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyright
dc.subject.otherCode switchingen_ZA
dc.titleGrammatical constraints on intrasentential code switching : evidence from English-Afrikaans code switchingen_ZA
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