English-Japanese Code-switching and Formulaic Language: A Structural Approach to Bilingual Children s Interactions

Namba, Kazuhiko

ISBN 10: 3847339206 / ISBN 13: 9783847339205

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: English-Japanese Code-switching and Formulaic Language: A Structural Approach to Bilingual Children s Interactions
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3847339206
• ISBN 13: 9783847339205
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

This book seeks to identify the structural processing which underlies code-switching (CS) through the analysis of naturalistic data collected from two English and Japanese speaking siblings. In bilingual interaction, alternating between two languages, even within sentences, is a common phenomenon. When CS occurs, how do the grammars of the two languages influence each other? The data from this longitudinal case study is analyzed using the Matrix Language Frame Model along with the frameworks of alternation and formulaic language. This hybrid structural approach opens a window to language processing in general as well as CS. This book will: be a useful resource for researchers interested in the structural aspect of CS; contribute to the bigger picture of the nature of CS with typologically distant languages; serve as an introduction to the MLF model for students of bilingualism; provide an authentic source of bilingual children’s language and a lot of contextual information; be used as an introduction to the framework of formulaic language.

About the Author

Kazuhiko Namba is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at Kyoto Sangyo University. His main research interest is the structural aspects of code-switching and the role of formulaic language in bilingual children's language acquisition. He acquired his PhD and MA at Cardiff University in the UK.