The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Code-switching

This Handbook is a comprehensive and accessible overview of how bilinguals alternate between their languages when they speak.

Barbara E. Bullock (Edited by), Almeida Jacqueline Toribio (Edited by)

9781107605411, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 April 2012

436 pages, 9 b/w illus.
24.7 x 17.4 x 2 cm, 0.85 kg

'On the whole, most of the material is reasonably clear, it is authoritatively presented, and it is packed with plenty of fascinating data, so it will undoubtedly offer an important resource that will be highly appreciated by researchers and students alike.' Journal of Sociolinguistics

Code-switching – the alternating use of two languages in the same stretch of discourse by a bilingual speaker – is a dominant topic in the study of bilingualism and a phenomenon that generates a great deal of pointed discussion in the public domain. This handbook provides the most comprehensive guide to this bilingual phenomenon to date. Drawing on empirical data from a wide range of language pairings, the leading researchers in the study of bilingualism examine the linguistic, social and cognitive implications of code-switching in up-to-date and accessible survey chapters. The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Code-switching will serve as a vital resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as a wide-ranging overview for linguists, psychologists and speech scientists and as an informative guide for educators interested in bilingual speech practices.

1. Themes in the study of code-switching Barbara E. Bullock and Almeida Jacqueline Toribio
Part I. Conceptual and Methodological Considerations in Code-switching Research: 2. Research techniques for the study of code-switching Marianne Gullberg, Peter Indefrey and Pieter Muysken
3. On the notions of congruence and convergence in code-switching Mark Sebba
4. Code-switching and transfer: an exploration of similarities and differences Jeanine Treffers-Daller
5. Loan translations versus code-switching Ad Backus and Margreet Dorleijn
Part II. Social Aspects of Code-switching: 6. Sociolinguistic factors in code-switching Penelope Gardner-Chloros
7. The Conversation Analytic model of code-switching Joseph Gafaranga
8. Code-switching and the internet Margreet Dorleijn and Jacomine Nortier
9. Phonetic accommodation in children's code-switching Ghada Khattab
Part III. The Structural Implications of Code-switching: 10. Phonetic reflexes of code-switching Barbara E. Bullock
11. Code-switching between typologically distinct languages Brian Hok-Shing Chan
12. Language mixing in bilingual children: code-switching? Natascha Müller and Katja Francesca Cantone
13. Code-switching between sign languages David Quinto-Pozos
Part IV. Psycholinguistics and Code-switching: 14. Code-switching and language disorders in bilingual children Adele W. Miccio, Carol Scheffner Hammer and Bárbara Rodríguez
15. Code-switching, imperfect acquisition, and attrition Agnes Bolonyai
16. Code-switching and the bilingual mental lexicon Longxing Wei
17. Code-switching and the brain Marta Kutas, Eva Moreno and Nicole Wicha
Part V. Formal Models of Code-switching: 18. Generative approaches to code-switching Jeff MacSwan
19. A universal model of code-switching and bilingual language processing and production Carol Myers-Scotton and Janice Jake.

Subject Areas: Grammar, syntax & morphology [CFK], Phonetics, phonology [CFH], Bilingualism & multilingualism [CFDM], Sociolinguistics [CFB]