Functions of code-switching in bilingual theater: An analysis of three Chicano plays

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“…Table 3). More recently, Callahan (2004), Jonsson (2010) and Montes-Alcalá (2016) have proved that literary CS is used for a variety of socio-pragmatic and stylistic purposes similar to those found in bilingual speech. All of them propose a number of categories to suit their data; in particular, Montes-Alcalá (2016), following previous classifications, specifically tried to group related functions under the same category, both for clarity and economy's sake.…”

“…It is only relatively recently that scholars have shown an interest in studying the patterns of codeswitching in other types of literary writing. In fact, in the last decades a number of authors have investigated this phenomenon in a variety of genres, such as narrative (Cortés-Conde and Boxer, 2002), plays and drama (Pfaff and Cháves, 1986;Anderson, 2004;Jonsson, 2010), poetry (Valdés-Fallis, 1976;1977), short stories (MontesGranados, 2012) or even stand comedy (Woolard, 1987) and TV series (Giménez-Eguibar and de los Heros, forthcoming). Other works have focused on areas such as the cyberspace (Montes Alcalá, 2005b;Söderqvist, 2009) and popular music (Flores Ohlson, 2008), while authors like Montes-Alcalá (2016) have carried out comparative research about the use of codeswitching in different genres.…”

Exploring the dynamics of English/Spanish codeswitching in a written corpus

“…Table 3). More recently, Callahan (2004), Jonsson (2010) and Montes-Alcalá (2016) have proved that literary CS is used for a variety of socio-pragmatic and stylistic purposes similar to those found in bilingual speech. All of them propose a number of categories to suit their data; in particular, Montes-Alcalá (2016), following previous classifications, specifically tried to group related functions under the same category, both for clarity and economy's sake.…”

“…It is only relatively recently that scholars have shown an interest in studying the patterns of codeswitching in other types of literary writing. In fact, in the last decades a number of authors have investigated this phenomenon in a variety of genres, such as narrative (Cortés-Conde and Boxer, 2002), plays and drama (Pfaff and Cháves, 1986;Anderson, 2004;Jonsson, 2010), poetry (Valdés-Fallis, 1976;1977), short stories (MontesGranados, 2012) or even stand comedy (Woolard, 1987) and TV series (Giménez-Eguibar and de los Heros, forthcoming). Other works have focused on areas such as the cyberspace (Montes Alcalá, 2005b;Söderqvist, 2009) and popular music (Flores Ohlson, 2008), while authors like Montes-Alcalá (2016) have carried out comparative research about the use of codeswitching in different genres.…”

Conciencia Sociolingüística e Hispanismos en un Corpus de Novela Rosa Inglesa

“…6 Por su reconocida capacidad para expresar significado social, discursivo y referencial (Heller, 1988, p. 2) el CdC es un recurso narrativo útil que da a la escritura lo que en inglés se denomina "local colour", creando simbólicamente "a sense of place" (Gardner-Chloros, 2010, p. 507). Muchos investigadores (Callahan, 2004;Montes-Alcalá, 2015;Müller, 2015;Sebba, 2000;Sebba et al, 2012, entre otros) han demostrado que los escritores lo usan como apoyo para resaltar la representación de los personajes (Jonsson, 2010(Jonsson, , p. 1309, como estrategia creativa para mostrar la identidad (Cortés-Conde y Boxer, 2002, p. 137), indicar una cultura compartida o bien para crearla (Heller, 1988, pp. 270-71).…”