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New perspective on intrasentential code-switching: A study of Korean– English switching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Keumsil Kim Yoon
Keumsil Kim Yoon*
Affiliation:
William Paterson College
*
Address for Correspondence Department of Languages and Cultures, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ 07470
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Abstract

This article explores typology-based differences in patterns of bilingual behavior by analyzing code-switches of Korean-English bilingual speakers, a language group that has not received much study so far. Data collected from 20 balanced bilinguals was analyzed to address the issues of linguistic constraints on code-switching and applicability of the concepts of nonce borrowing, language assignment, and neutrality to the phenomena observed. Two interesting code-switching phenomena were found: a change of the part of speech in the process of making small-size nonequivalence constituent switches and an introduction of Korean “operating verbs,” which are inflected to indicate the degree of respect to the interlocutor. Four subjects (two males, two females), who were taped in two different contexts, showed a reduction in social code-switching and a higher rate of English monolingual sentences when talking to their spouses than to an acquaintance.

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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , October 1992 , pp. 433 - 449
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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