Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewThe state of acquiring more than one language as a child or an adult is not the exception; it is rather an everyday reality for a quite substantial part of today’s society. This book explores the phenomenon of code-switching within the field of child bilingualism from both linguistic and sociolinguistic perspectives. Based on collected data from Kurdish-German pre-school bilingual children in Austria, this empirical study aims at giving an analysis of linguistic and extra-linguistic factors that constrain child code-switching. The book shows specific interest in practices of code switching and mixing as displayed by Kurdish subjects of the study and in how far these can be sufficiently explained by existing models of (adult) bilingual language behavior. The results clearly show that code-switching can be related to the identity and characteristics of the speakers or to aspects of their social life, and that it can be subconsciously used to manage conflict when different languages are associated with different roles in a community. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Baban MohamedPublisher: Peter Lang AG Imprint: Peter Lang AG Edition: New edition Volume: 385 Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.200kg ISBN: 9783631646830ISBN 10: 3631646836 Pages: 141 Publication Date: 26 May 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents: Language acquisition and bilingualism – Monolingual vs. bilingual acquisition – Balanced bilingualism – Semilingualism – Code-switching – Types of code-switching – Constraints on code-switching – Myers-Scotton: Matrix Language Frame Model – Functional factors on code-switching – Kurdish immigrant community – Phrasal structure in Kurdish – Pro-drop/Null-subject parameter – Kurdish-German intrasentential code-switching – Home language – Markedness model.ReviewsAuthor InformationBaban Mohamed studied English Language and Literature at the University of Sulaimania (Kurdistan Region of Iraq) and English Studies (General/Applied Linguistics) at the University of Salzburg (Austria). His research interests are in the areas of bilingual acquisition, child code-switching and sociolinguistics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
