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Code-Switching and Pausing: An Interdisciplinary Study
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Gardner-Chloros, Penelope; McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa; Paraskeva, Marilena – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2013
This study considers code-switching (CS) and pausing in two sociolinguistically distinct groups in London and Cyprus, bilingual in Greek-Cypriot Dialect (GCD) and English. The characteristics of their speech are examined both in monolingual and bilingual modes (Grosjean, 2001). It was hypothesised that in London Greek-Cypriots, where CS is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech, Bilingualism, Discourse Analysis
Language Attitudes and Use in a Transplanted Setting: Greek Cypriots in London
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Gardner-Chloros, Penelope; McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa; Finnis, Katerina – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2005
In this paper we explore language attitudes and use in the Greek Cypriot community in London, England. Our study is based on an earlier survey carried out in Nicosia, Cyprus and we compare attitudes to language and reported language use in the two communities. We thereby highlight the significance of sociolinguistic variables on similar groups of…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Official Languages, Foreign Countries, Greek