Plurilingual Code-Switching between Standard and Local Varieties : A Socio-Psycholinguistic Approach
Overview
This book presents a comparative study on plurilingual code-switching (CS) in Italy, Croatia and Scotland-UK, based on Italian in contact with four standard varieties (Spanish, English, Philipino and Croatian) and five non-standard varieties (Arbereshe, Occitan, Calabrese, Istrovenetian and Chakavski).
It intends to fill a gap in the literature by proposing an interdisciplinary perspective, as most studies are concentrated on bilingual CS and are grounded just in one approach (mostly sociolinguistic or psycholinguistic); it also presents a new mixed key for CS data analysis, going beyond the traditional neat dichotomies defining CS as acceptable or grammatical vs unacceptable or ungrammatical.
A brand-new model, the Integrated Model of Plurilingual Code-Switching (IMPCS), which recommends the use of five-graded scales in informants' judgments, is proposed. It includes socio-psycholinguistics (social status and prestige of the languages in contact, official status of minority language, symmetrical/bi- or pluridirectional or asymmetrical/unidirectional kind of contact, language mode, claimed CS practice, explicit attitudes and acceptability judgements) and lexicalist variables.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9783034326636
- ISBN-10: 3034326637
- Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
- Publish Date: March 2018
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.88 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.49 pounds
- Page Count: 380
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