A Socio-Cognitive Approach to Code-Switching: From the Perspective of a Dynamic Usage-Based Account of Language

Autor/in	Liu, Hong
Titel	A Socio-Cognitive Approach to Code-Switching: From the Perspective of a Dynamic Usage-Based Account of Language
Quelle	In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 23 (2020) 10, S.1270-1299 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Liu, Hong)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-0050
DOI	10.1080/13670050.2018.1441260
Schlagwörter	Code Switching (Language); Social Networks; Social Cognition; Language Usage; Speech Communication; Social Media; English (Second Language); Bilingualism; Foreign Countries; Writing (Composition); Correlation; Language Attitudes; Cognitive Processes; Prediction; Syntax; Computer Mediated Communication; Semi Structured Interviews; Mandarin Chinese; Professional Personnel; Phrase Structure; Native Speakers; United Kingdom (London) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Soziale Kognition; Sprachgebrauch; Soziale Medien; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Bilingualismus; Ausland; Schreibübung; Korrelation; Sprachverhalten; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Vorhersage; Computerkonferenz; Personalbestand; Phrasenstruktur; Muttersprachler
Abstract	This study addresses the social-cognitive interactions that occur in code-switching and integrates social and cognitive factors from a usage-based perspective. It investigates code-switching in two different interaction modes -- speech and writing -- to consider not only the influence of social factors (social networks and attitudes) but also the relative cognitive processing load. The data were gathered from 40 Chinese-English bilinguals in London, derived from interviews and written data on their most active social media site, SinaWeibo. Their socio-biographical data were collected via a questionnaire. A multivariate analysis shows that, rather than there being a simple dominance of either the social or the cognitive factors, there is an interplay between the two. A speaker's code-switching corresponds to his/her previous exposure through social networks, but personal attitudes, e.g. a positive view of English, can override network-based predictions of use. Crucially, however, we only see attitudes exerting this significant effect within the domain of contexts with low cognitive processing demand (e.g. asynchronous writing). The findings of this study show that personal preference can indeed override language usage in interactive networks, but such effect is constrained by individual differences in cognitive capacities of processing, which in turn relates back to the frequency of usage which automatizes processing. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01