Code switching in text messages : Malay-English bilinguals
Code switching is a common phenomenon in bilingual speech and has been thoroughly studied by linguists (Scotton & Ury, 1997; Appel & Muysken, 2005; Gardner-Chloros, 2009). However, studies on code switching in the written form have only recently been on the rise (Al-Khatib & Sabah, 2008;...
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| author | Yusra Mohamed Ya’acob |
| author2 | Guinevere Barlow |
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| description | Code switching is a common phenomenon in bilingual speech and has been thoroughly studied by linguists (Scotton & Ury, 1997; Appel & Muysken, 2005; Gardner-Chloros, 2009). However, studies on code switching in the written form have only recently been on the rise (Al-Khatib & Sabah, 2008; Gardner-Chloros & Weston, 2015). This research aims to contribute to this specific field of code switching, in particular, code switching in text message conversations. The research focuses on a corpus of text messages from Malay-English bilinguals and analyzes the patterns of code switching as well as the motivations for code switching in the written form. Findings from the study show that there are four main motivations for code switching in text messages, that is: code switching for reference, code switching for cultural reasons, code switching for politeness and code switching due to unmarked reasons. The research reflects that motivations for code switching in text messages align with the reasons why people code switch in spoken conversations. This paper also suggests other possible angles to approach the study of code switching in text messages. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/661992019-12-10T14:01:54Z Code switching in text messages : Malay-English bilinguals Yusra Mohamed Ya’acob Guinevere Barlow School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities Code switching is a common phenomenon in bilingual speech and has been thoroughly studied by linguists (Scotton & Ury, 1997; Appel & Muysken, 2005; Gardner-Chloros, 2009). However, studies on code switching in the written form have only recently been on the rise (Al-Khatib & Sabah, 2008; Gardner-Chloros & Weston, 2015). This research aims to contribute to this specific field of code switching, in particular, code switching in text message conversations. The research focuses on a corpus of text messages from Malay-English bilinguals and analyzes the patterns of code switching as well as the motivations for code switching in the written form. Findings from the study show that there are four main motivations for code switching in text messages, that is: code switching for reference, code switching for cultural reasons, code switching for politeness and code switching due to unmarked reasons. The research reflects that motivations for code switching in text messages align with the reasons why people code switch in spoken conversations. This paper also suggests other possible angles to approach the study of code switching in text messages. Bachelor of Arts 2016-03-15T06:20:44Z 2016-03-15T06:20:44Z 2016 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66199 en Nanyang Technological University 45 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Humanities Yusra Mohamed Ya’acob Code switching in text messages : Malay-English bilinguals |
| title | Code switching in text messages : Malay-English bilinguals |
| title_full | Code switching in text messages : Malay-English bilinguals |
| title_fullStr | Code switching in text messages : Malay-English bilinguals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Code switching in text messages : Malay-English bilinguals |
| title_short | Code switching in text messages : Malay-English bilinguals |
| title_sort | code switching in text messages malay english bilinguals |
| topic | DRNTU::Humanities |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66199 |
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