Explaining the diversity in Malay-English code-switching patterns: the contribution of typological similarity and bilingual optimization strategies

Bilingual speakers often engage in code-switching, that is the use of lexical items and grammatical features from two languages in one sentence. Malaysia is a particularly interesting context for the study of code-switching because Malay-English code-switching is widely practiced across formal and i...

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Main Authors: Treffers-Daller, Jeanine, Majid, Sheikha, Thai, Yap Ngee, Flynn, Naomi
Format: Article
Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022