| Plurilingual Code-Switching between Standard and Local Varieties: A Socio-Psycholinguistic Approach Contributor(s): Gotti, Maurizio (Other), Selvaggi, Dino (Author) |
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ISBN: 3034326637 ISBN-13: 9783034326636 Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P OUR PRICE: $73.31 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching - Foreign Language Study | German - Medical |
| Series: Linguistic Insights |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.49 lbs) 380 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents a comparative study on plurilingual code-switching (CS) in Italy, Croatia and Scotland-UK, based on Italian in contact with four standard varieties (Spanish, English, Philipino and Croatian) and five non-standard varieties (Arbereshe, Occitan, Calabrese, Istrovenetian and Chakavski). It intends to fill a gap in the literature by proposing an interdisciplinary perspective, as most studies are concentrated on bilingual CS and are grounded just in one approach (mostly sociolinguistic or psycholinguistic); it also presents a new mixed key for CS data analysis, going beyond the traditional neat dichotomies defining CS as acceptable or grammatical vs unacceptable or ungrammatical . A brand-new model, the Integrated Model of Plurilingual Code-Switching (IMPCS), which recommends the use of five-graded scales in informants' judgments, is proposed. It includes socio-psycholinguistics (social status and prestige of the languages in contact, official status of minority language, symmetrical/bi- or pluridirectional or asymmetrical/unidirectional kind of contact, language mode, claimed CS practice, explicit attitudes and acceptability judgements) and lexicalist variables. |
