27.3945, Books: Codeswitching in Igbo-English Bilingualism: Ihemere

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Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 11:27:12
From: Lianna Iwanikiw [lianna.iwanikiw at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: Codeswitching in Igbo-English Bilingualism: Ihemere

 


Title: Codeswitching in Igbo-English Bilingualism 
Subtitle: A Matrix Language Frame Account 
Publication Year: 2016 
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (formerly The Continuum International Publishing Group)
	   http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
	

Book URL: http://www.bloomsbury.com/codeswitching-in-igbo-english-bilingualism-9781474278140/ 


Author: Kelechukwu Ihemere

Electronic: ISBN:  9781474278157 Pages: 256 Price: U.K. £ 94.99 Comment: ePUB
Electronic: ISBN:  9781474278164 Pages: 256 Price: U.K. £ 94.99 Comment: ePDF
Hardback: ISBN:  9781474278140 Pages: 256 Price: U.K. £ 95.00


Abstract:

Codeswitching occurs when multilingual speakers embed elements of more than
one language into the dominant (or Matrix) language within individual
utterances of conversation. Codeswitching in Igbo-English Bilingualism
explores the syntax of bilingual codeswitching between the Benue-Congo African
language of Igbo and English. Within the framework of Myers-Scotton's highly
influential Matrix Language Frame (MLF) model, Kelechukwu Ihemere explores the
notion of asymmetry in Igbo-English codeswitching, arguing that the two
languages do not contribute equally in the creation of mixed utterances. In
the abstract interaction between the two grammars, the Matrix language is more
activated than the Embedded language, resulting in either monolingual Igbo
discourse or discourse with an Igbo morphosyntactic frame but with English
insertions.

Using both linguistic and quantitative analyses, this book uniquely
investigates the governing principles and restrictions on bilingual clauses
and grammatical codeswitching in the context of a West African language and
English. Providing a detailed descriptive and theoretical investigation of
Igbo-English data and a deeper analysis of the MLF model, this book will be of
interest to anyone working in the fields of comparative syntax, bilingualism
and contact linguistics.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     Igbo (ibo)


Written In: English  (eng)

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