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Language Choice and Code-Switching in Bilingual Children's Interaction under Multilingual Contexts: Evidence from Mandarin-English Bilingual Preschoolers

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Haijing Zhang; Fangwei Huang; Cong Wang – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025

Language choice and code-switching are commonplaces for peer interaction among bilingual children from various language backgrounds in Hong Kong. However, few studies concern these linguistic practices of immigrant children proficient in Mandarin and English. This study adopted a qualitative research approach to investigate three Mandarin-English…

Descriptors: Language Usage, Code Switching (Language), Bilingual Students, Multilingualism