“Code Switching” in Sociocultural Linguistics

Nilep, Chad

doi:10.25810/hnq4-jv62

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“…First, code-switching behaviors vary significantly between different communities of bilinguals (Heller, 2010). For many, code-switching serves to reinforce a community's identity by following the accepted local norms and functions of code-switching (Nilep, 2006). For example, the communal identity can be strengthened when a speaker code-switches in order to use an idiom from one of their languages or to share a piece of cultural wisdom or history, a type of linguistic borrowing (Ritchie & Bhatia, 2012).…”

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“…Code-switching may simply be more frequent in Spanish-English communities in the U.S. compared to French-English communities in Canada. While it is hard to determine the exact underlying cause(s) of the difference in code-switching frequency across communities, it is possible that communities use code-switching in different ways to create and maintain a group identity (Nilep, 2006). In Canada, French and English are both official languages, and in Montreal, both languages are widely used throughout the community and have high sociolinguistic status.…”

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Code-switching in parents’ everyday speech to bilingual infants

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Code-switching is a common phenomenon in bilingual communities, but little is known about bilingual parents’ code-switching when speaking to their infants. In a pre-registered study, we identified instances of code-switching in day-long at-home audio recordings of 21 French–English bilingual families in Montreal, Canada, who provided recordings when their infant was 10 and 18 months old. Overall, rates of infant-directed code-switching were low, averaging 7 times per hour (6 times per 1,000 words) at 10 months and increasing to 28 times per hour (18 times per 1,000 words) at 18 months. Parents code-switched more between sentences than within a sentence; this pattern was even more pronounced when infants were 18 months than when they were 10 months. The most common apparent reasons for code-switching were to bolster their infant's understanding and to teach vocabulary words. Combined, these results suggest that bilingual parents code-switch in ways that support successful bilingual language acquisition.

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Code-switching in parents’ everyday speech to bilingual infants

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“…While prior research has investigated a variety of functions of code-switching in productionsuch as adding emphasis, signaling community identity, and facilitating understanding (Goodz, 1989;Heredia & Altarriba, 2001;Nilep, 2006) comprehension studies have mainly focused on the functional dimension of grammatical class. One study of German-Russian bilingual adults used event-related potentials (ERPs) to examine the processing of code-switches at open-class words (e.g., nouns) versus closed-class words (e.g., prepositions).…”

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Bilingual children’s comprehension of code-switching at an uninformative adjective

Kremin¹,

Jardak²,

Lew‐Williams

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Bilingual children hear sentences that contain words from both languages, also known as code-switching. Investigating how bilinguals process code-switching is a crucial component in understanding bilingual language acquisition, because young bilinguals experience processing costs and reduced comprehension when encountering code-switched nouns. Studies have yet to investigate if processing costs are present when children encounter code-switches at other parts of speech within a sentence. The current study examined how 30 young bilinguals (age range: 37 – 48 months) process sentences with code-switches at an uninformative adjective before the target noun (e.g., “Can you find le bon [the good] duck?) compared to single-language sentences (e.g., “Can you find the good duck?”). Surprisingly, bilingual children accurately identified the target object in both sentence types, contrasting with previous findings that sentences containing code-switching lead to processing difficulties. The functional information a code-switch carries may contribute to bilingual children’s sentence processing.

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“…Alternating between two languages is often referred to as code-switching. Codeswitching is defined in sociocultural linguistics as the process of choosing or altering elements of a language to contextualize dialog (Nilep, 2006). Barker's (1947) early research on code-switching indicated that bilingual (i.e., Spanish and English) individuals were expected to speak English in formal settings where Anglo-Americans were present and reserved speaking Spanish in less formal settings such as within their homes.…”

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Cultural Wealth Coping as Protective Factors of Resilience for Latine Students

Cuéllar

2023

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

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Despite intersectional barriers to accessing and navigating institutions of higher education, Latine college student enrollment and attainment rates are increasing. This critical quantitative study employed Community Cultural Wealth framework to identify connections between cultural coping strategies and resilience among 143 Latine students at a Predominantly White Institution. Using the newly developed Cultural Wealth Coping Scale, this study revealed that linguistic capital and cognitive resilience capital promote resilience. Recommendations for future research and practice are provided. A pesar de las barreras interseccionales para acceder y navegar por las instituciones de educación superior, las tasas de matriculación y logros de los estudiantes universitarios Latine están aumentando. Este estudio cuantitativo crítico empleó el marco de la Riqueza Cultural Comunitaria para identificar las conexiones entre las estrategias de afrontamiento cultural y la resiliencia entre 143 estudiantes Latine en una institución predominantemente blanca. Usando la Escala de Afrontamiento de Riqueza Cultural recientemente desarrollada, este estudio reveló que el capital lingüístico y el capital de resiliencia cognitiva promueven la resiliencia. Se proporcionan recomendaciones para futuras investigaciónes y prácticas.

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“Code Switching” in Sociocultural Linguistics

Cited by 43 publications

References 59 publications

Code-switching in parents’ everyday speech to bilingual infants

Code-switching in parents’ everyday speech to bilingual infants

Bilingual children’s comprehension of code-switching at an uninformative adjective

Cultural Wealth Coping as Protective Factors of Resilience for Latine Students

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