Aspects of the syntax, the pragmatics, and the production of code-switching
Subtitle: Cantonese and English
By: Brian Hok-Shing Chan.
Series: Berkeley insights in linguistics and semiotics ;; v. 51
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
Subjects: Code switching (Linguistics); Bilingualism -- China -- Guangdong Sheng.
Description: "For decades, linguists have treated code-switching as a "special" language of its own, and devised many constraints accounting for code-switching patterns in various language pairs. This book argues that code-switching is governed by the same constraints as those governing native "pure" languages, and hence code-switching data provide a "window" to our language faculty. Although some other works have already suggested that code-switching and "pure" languages are governed by the same syntactic rules, this book goes a step further and explores the possibility that both are constrained by the same system in terms of syntax, production, and pragmatics."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-330) and index.