摘要
Naturalistic codeswitching is a normal and powerful communicative feature of formal or informal bilingual interactions,which present linguists with part of their most fascinating analytical challenge.People use codeswitching in various communication environments such as in bilingual families or immigrant contexts for effective information exchange.The present article investigates the environments and reasons for occurrence of naturalistic codeswitching and analyzes the linguistic constraints and social constraints on naturalistic codeswitching with examples.A more thorough and authentic assessment of individuals'linguistic knowledge about codeswitching,as well as individuals'codeswitching habits,must include observations of codeswitching behavior in naturalistic environments.
Naturalistic codeswitching is a normal and powerful communicative feature of formal or informal bilingual interactions,which present linguists with part of their most fascinating analytical challenge.People use codeswitching in various communication environments such as in bilingual families or immigrant contexts for effective information exchange.The present article investigates the environments and reasons for occurrence of naturalistic codeswitching and analyzes the linguistic constraints and social constraints on naturalistic codeswitching with examples.A more thorough and authentic assessment of individuals'linguistic knowledge about codeswitching,as well as individuals'codeswitching habits,must include observations of codeswitching behavior in naturalistic environments.
出处
《海外英语》
2013年第15期270-273,共4页
Overseas English
