Codeswitching occurs when multilingual speakers embed elements of more than one language into the dominant (or Matrix) language within individual utterances of

Codeswitching occurs when multilingual speakers embed elements of more than one language into the dominant (or Matrix) language within individual utterances of

This book is concerned with three central issues: the universality of constraints on code-switching, the nature of the relation between language contact and bil

The Routledge Handbook of Language Contact provides an overview of the state of the art of current research in contact linguistics. Presenting contact linguisti

This volume investigates sociolinguistic discourses, identity choices and their representations in postcolonial national and social life, and traces them to the