Playing with languages: code-switching between Italian-Brazilian immigrants during a ruzzola tournament

ABSTRACT This article examines the language strategies, in particular code-switching, implemented by a group of Italian immigrants who live in the city of São Paulo and are enrolled in a ruzzola tournament. In this bilingual context we saw that, in accordance with the language skills of the players...

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Main Author: Roberta FERRONI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
Series:DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-44502017000200543&lng=en&tlng=en