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Boberg, Charles – World Englishes, 2012
The variety of English spoken by about half a million people in the Canadian province of Quebec is a minority language in intensive contact with French, the local majority language. This unusual contact situation has produced a unique variety of English which displays many instances of French influence that distinguish it from other types of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Linguistic Borrowing, Language Role, French
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Myers-Scotton, Carol – World Englishes, 1989
Examines a specific type of code switching that occurs when bilingual peers make relevant their dual and simultaneous membership in the two groups symbolized by the two linguistic varieties involved in the switching pattern. Structural constraints and switching are discussed across code-switching types. (31 references) (Author/OD)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis, English
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Torres, Lourdes – World Englishes, 1989
Examines code mixing and borrowing across two generations of New York Puerto Ricans, and explores the possibility of existence of a lifecycle of language use in the community. (26 references) (Author/OD)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language)
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Pakir, Anne – World Englishes, 1989
Provides a brief account and explanation of the phenomenon of language use among the Baba community, which uses Hokkien, Malay, and English in the process of code selection and code mixing/switching. Data are drawn from recordings of conversation of the Babas and Nyonyas. (Author/OD)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Chinese, Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis