Insertional Codeswitching in an Immigrant Language: "Just Borrowing or Lexical Re-orientation?.

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ERIC Number: EJ641274

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Publication Date: 2000

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Insertional Codeswitching in an Immigrant Language: "Just Borrowing or Lexical Re-orientation?

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Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, v3 n2 p103-105 Aug 2000

Explores the usefulness of a typology of contact mechanisms for one type of contact setting: that of a typical immigrant language, in this case the variety of Turkish that is spoken in the Netherlands. Examines the relevance of insertional code switching to the genesis of mixed languages--Dutch and Turkish. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cognitive Processes, Dutch, Immigrants, Language Typology, Language Variation, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Turkish, Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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