[Linguistic Anthropology] Neurological Basis of Code-Switching?

[Alexandre]

[http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2007/05/people-who-can-communicate-in-more-than.html]
Bilinguals switching between codes have been interesting cases for
research in sociolinguistics and the ethnography of communication. For
instance, many bilinguals identify one language as the "we-code" and
the other language as the "they-code," switching according to both
conversational and social contexts. This phenomenon leads to
fascinating studies of linguistic communities, language ideology, and
social identity.A recent study by Kuan Kho and others at the Rudolf
Magnus Institute in Utrecht sheds some light on the neurological basis
of code-switching as bilingual patients treated for epilepsy would
switch involuntarily from one code to the next.BPS RESEARCH DIGEST:
Tongue-tied: When bilinguals switch languages involuntarilyThis could
lead to interesting conversations between linguistic anthropologists
and other language scientists, including neuroscientists­.

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Posted By Alexandre to Linguistic Anthropology at 5/27/2007 09:47:00 AM
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