Code-Switching and Pausing: An Interdisciplinary Study

Autor/inn/en	Gardner-Chloros, Penelope; McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa; Paraskeva, Marilena
Titel	Code-Switching and Pausing: An Interdisciplinary Study
Quelle	In: International Journal of Multilingualism, 10 (2013) 1, S.1-26 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1479-0718
DOI	10.1080/14790718.2012.657642
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Speech; Bilingualism; Discourse Analysis; Code Switching (Language); Interdisciplinary Approach; Sociolinguistics; Greek; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language Fluency; Grammar; Language Processing; Cyprus; United Kingdom (London) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Speaking; Sprechen; Bilingualismus; Diskursanalyse; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Soziolinguistik; Grieche; Griechisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Grammatik; Sprachverarbeitung; Zypern
Abstract	This study considers code-switching (CS) and pausing in two sociolinguistically distinct groups in London and Cyprus, bilingual in Greek-Cypriot Dialect (GCD) and English. The characteristics of their speech are examined both in monolingual and bilingual modes (Grosjean, 2001). It was hypothesised that in London Greek-Cypriots, where CS is a "default mode", pausing behaviour would be affected by the same factors as in monolinguals, but not by CS. In Cyprus, on the other hand, where CS serves specific discourse functions, overall fluency was expected to be negatively affected by the more marked character of the alternation. Results revealed that CS has no significant effect on pausing in either context. Conversational motives, along with lexical, grammatical and processing issues, are the determining factors in bilingual, as well as monolingual, pausing. Despite the lack of difference found here between the two groups, we conclude that sociolinguistic and discourse variables should form an essential element in attempts to model bilingual speech production. (Contains 1 table, 6 figures and 18 notes.) (As Provided).
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