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Conversational Code-switching

Conversational Code-Switching is a linguistic phenomenon in interactional sociolinguistics whereby bilingual or multilingual speakers alternately use two or more languages or language varieties within a single discourse to negotiate social relationships, express identity, or manage conversational functions.

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312

Code Switching in Conversation: Language, Interaction and Identity

Ursula Lanvers, Peter Auer · The Modern Language Review · 2000 · 1.3K citations

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One Speaker, Two Languages: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Code-Switching

Carol Scates, Lesley Milroy, Pieter Muysken · Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature · 1996 · 506 citations

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<b>Social motivations for codeswitching</b> : Evidence from Africa. By Carol Myers-Scotton. (Oxford studies in language contact.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Pp. xii, 177.

James A. Walker · Language · 1997 · 493 citations

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A control process model of code-switching

David W. Green, Li Wei · Language Cognition and Neuroscience · 2014 · 376 citations

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The Sociolinguistic Significance of Conversational Code-Switching

John J. Gumperz · RELC Journal · 1977 · 370 citations

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Authors

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  1. PG
    Pénélope Gardner-Chloros

    Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 322 citations

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  2. LW
    Li Wei

    University College London, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 836 citations

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  3. HL
    Haizhou Li

    National University of Singapore, Singapore

    4 publications · 302 citations

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  4. DL
    Dau-Cheng Lyu

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    3 publications · 213 citations

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  5. CM
    Carol Myers‐Scotton

    University of South Carolina, United States

    3 publications · 405 citations

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Institutions

233

  1. Birkbeck, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    932 citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    688 citations

  4. Nanyang Technological University

    Singapore, Singapore

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    756 citations

  5. Newcastle University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    797 citations

  6. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    163 citations

  7. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    142 citations

  8. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    241 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Bilingualism

    IJB · 27 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

    JMMD · 11 publications · 788 citations

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  3. Journal of Pragmatics

    10 publications · 675 citations

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  4. Multilingua

    9 publications · 204 citations

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  5. Bilingualism Language and Cognition

    BLC · 8 publications · 715 citations

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