Language Selection and Switching in Strasbourg (Oxford Studies in Language Contact)

Type

Book

Authors

Penelope Gardner-Chloros

ISBN 10

0198249934

ISBN 13

9780198249931

Tags

Foreign Language Study & Reference, Linguistics, Botany, Customs & Traditions, Social Sciences

Description

The term "code-switching" is used to describe the mixing of different language varieties which result from language contact. This is the first full-length study to examine code-switching in a European context. Throughout history, Alsace has been a meeting place of the Roman and Germanic worlds. Today most of the population speak a German dialect, alternating with French, which is the language of public life, education, and the media. Gardner-Chloros describes this exemplar of code-switching, investing the many layers of significance of this mode of speech in the Alsatian community. - from Amzon

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