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ERIC Number: EJ669784
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-1366-7289
Revisiting Arabic Diglossic Switching in Light of the MLF Model and Its Sub-Models: The 4-M Model and the Abstract Level Model.
Boussofara-Omar, Naima
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, v6 n1 p33-46 Apr 2003
Discusses two problematic cases that arose when the Matrix Language frame model of codeswitching was applied to Arabic diglossic switching: a co-occurrence of system morphemes from both varieties of Arabic within a single CP; and CPs in which the word order is that of the dialect but the system morphemes are from Standard Arabic and CPs in which clashes occur between the subcategorization restrictions of the two varieties of Arabic. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Arabic, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Diglossia, Models, Morphemes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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