New List on Code-Switching

[Celso Alvarez Caccamo]

[This message is being distributed in several lists.
Please excuse the cross-posting]

Hello,

I would like to announce the creation of a new mailing
list called The Code-Switching Forum. I decided to start
the list after receiving a number of messages with queries
and research questions on code-switching which I either don't
know how to answer or I don't have the time to. The
code-switching list is unmoderated, and subscription to it is
very simple: just send a blank message to
code-switching-subscribe at egroups.com . You'll
receive a confirmation message, and you're on.

I believe a number of new interesting questions are being
raised recently in the study of language alternation and
related phenomena, but, to my knowledge, no specific list on
code-switching exists. Lots of people work on what is diversely
being called "code-switching", and raise their questions in
various lists. The Code-Switching Forum tries to fill this gap
and bring researchers, students and onlookers together.

Here is a fuller description of the list. Please distribute
this information widely. Thank you,

Celso Alvarez Cáccamo              Tel. +34 981 167000 ext. 1888
Linguística Geral, Faculdade de Filologia     FAX +34 981 167151
Universidade da Corunha                          lxalvarz at udc.es
15071 A Corunha, Galiza (Espanha)  http://www.udc.es/dep/lx/cac/

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The Code-Switching Forum is an unmoderated list
for the discussion of alternation of linguistic
varieties (commonly called "code-switching"), bilingual
conversation and related phenomena. Topics of interest
include (but are not restricted to):

-the definition of "code" itself
-the definition and characterization of "code-switching" itself
-"code" and linguistic variety; "code-switching" and
language alternation
-the relations between language alternation and other
interlingual phenomena
-bilingual conversation in general
-new trends in the study of language alternation
-codes, varieties and contextualization
-codes, indexicality and identity
-language alternation and conversational organization
-language alternation in literature and song
-code-switching and macro-sociolinguistic processes
-data gathering, transcription and interpretation
-universality and particularities of language
alternation

The Code-Switching Forum welcomes discussion,
queries, information, and materials. Materials
and documents can be uploaded to The
Code-Switching Forum "vault", at
http://www.egroups.com/docvault/code-switching .
The "vault" has a 20MB capacity. Please use HTML
or PDF formats when possible.

The Code-Switching Forum has no official or preferred
language for messages.

To subscribe, send a blank message to:
code-switching-subscribe at egroups.com

Upon subscription, please wait for a few days until lots
of people jump on to the wagon, and then please introduce
yourself to the list.

Thank you,

The Forum manager,
Celso Alvarez-Cáccamo
code-switching-owner at egroups.com
lxalvarz at udc.es