ERIC Number: EJ1221306
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Apr
Pages: 19
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Attitudes toward Different Types of Chinese-English Code-Switching
SAGE Open, v9 n2 Apr 2019
This study investigates language attitudes held by Chinese-English bilinguals toward two types of switching to English in mandarin Chinese discourse, that is, intraclausal and interclausal switching. Participants with varying degrees of English proficiency were sampled from four cities in mainland China and one oversea city, London. A variation of matched-guise technique, open guise technique, was used to collect attitudinal responses toward code-switching. Quantitative analyses showed that the participants generally downgraded code-switching on social likability, with interclausal switching receiving the lowest ratings. In terms of social-economic status, however, interclausal switching was rated the highest and the intraclausal type the lowest. Such evaluative responses were consistent across genders and the cities of interest. The theoretical and methodological implications of the study are discussed.
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Social Desirability, Socioeconomic Status, Language Attitudes, Bilingualism, Mandarin Chinese, Phrase Structure, Language Proficiency, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Audio Equipment, Comparative Analysis, Language Variation, Discourse Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (London); China
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