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<DIV class=plainMail>Hi , </DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail>in code switching, it is generally agreed that the speaker uses his L1 in order to assign gender to L2 following his L1 equivalent or the phonological shape of L1 such as :</DIV>
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<DIV class=plainMail>di: k sachet </DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail> this bag </DIV>
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<DIV class=plainMail>here , the speaker uses a masculine demonstrative pronoun ( di:k in arabic ) because he translates sachet into arabic ; which is feminine ( chkara ) .</DIV>
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<DIV class=plainMail>But , i have found that sometimes the speaker assigns a gender though he does not really know the equivalent word in his L1 , basing on sonority ie i think that the speaker feels whether such word in Fr sounds more feminine or masculine such as :</DIV>
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<DIV class=plainMail>da:k l'astuce </DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail>the equivalent french word ' astuce' is unknown in arabic , so here , the only explanation i found is that the speaker thinks that the phonological sonority of 'astuce ' is moremasculine than feminine . Though in reality , the french word astuce is feminine .</DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail>so, my question is : can you give to my explantion a more academic terminology , and do you agree with me ? </DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail>all the best </DIV>
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<DIV class=plainMail>Dr Mostari </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>