Code-switching in Computer-Mediated Communication : The use of Swedish and English in an Internet discussion forum

This essay investigates cases of Swedish-English code-switching in a bilingual discussion forum on the Internet. Code-switching is a linguistic term used to describe switches from one language to another in discourse. The material consists of excerpts from the forum which have been analyzed and pres...

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Main Author: Urbäck, Katrin
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Växjö universitet, Institutionen för humaniora 2007
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1935