Japanese/English Code-Switching: Syntax and Pragmatics

Rauch, Irmengard (Editor), and Nishimura, Miwa

ISBN 10: 0820430765 / ISBN 13: 9780820430768

Published by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, New York, 1997

About this Item

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 176 p. Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics, 24. Audience: General/trade. Very good. whisper of shelfwear to the cover, po bookplate.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Japanese/English Code-Switching: Syntax and Pragmatics
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, New York
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820430765
• ISBN 13: 9780820430768
• Binding: Hard cover

About this title

Synopsis

Code-switching, the use of two or more languages in discourse, is the norm in many bilingual and multilingual communities. This book examines Japanese/English code-switching from a syntactic and a functional perspective, using data obtained from the Niseis, second generation Japanese Canadians in the Toronto Japanese community. Previous researchers have postulated that code-switching could not occur between two languages with different word order, but this book shows that this is not the case. The functions of the Niseis' code-switching in conversion is also explored.

About the Author

The Author: Miwa Nishimura is an associate professor in the Department of Language and Foreign Studies, the American University, Washington, D.C. She received her Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania. She has published many articles and book reviews in professional journals.