Bilingual Code-Switching in a Swedish Context : A study of three Swedish-Arabic and three Swedish-English speakers
Code-Switching (CS) is a world-wide phenomenon, allowing bilinguals across the globe to alternate effortlessly between their languages. As interesting as it sounds, code-switching can be used for a number of reasons, and there are different linguistic contexts in which this phenomenon occurs. Umeå i...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-157143 2023-10-09T21:54:32+02:00 Bilingual Code-Switching in a Swedish Context : A study of three Swedish-Arabic and three Swedish-English speakers Younes, Amena 2018 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-157143 eng eng Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-157143 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Code-Switching Language use Umeå Bilingualism Swedish Language General Language Studies and Linguistics Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik Student thesis info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis text 2018 ftumeauniv 2023-09-22T13:51:01Z Code-Switching (CS) is a world-wide phenomenon, allowing bilinguals across the globe to alternate effortlessly between their languages. As interesting as it sounds, code-switching can be used for a number of reasons, and there are different linguistic contexts in which this phenomenon occurs. Umeå is a very multinational city in northern Sweden, and this paper will present the results from interviewing a group of three (a) Arabic-Swedish speakers and a group of three (b) English-Swedish speakers on their use of language and code-switching. The results show that group a and group b both use CS as a tool to express themselves better, and also to feel a sense of belonging in their different surroundings. Being a bilingual usually comes with two cultures, and this includes many different situations in which these bilinguals use CS. Bachelor Thesis Northern Sweden Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) |
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Code-Switching Language use Umeå Bilingualism Swedish Language General Language Studies and Linguistics Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik Younes, Amena Bilingual Code-Switching in a Swedish Context : A study of three Swedish-Arabic and three Swedish-English speakers |
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Code-Switching (CS) is a world-wide phenomenon, allowing bilinguals across the globe to alternate effortlessly between their languages. As interesting as it sounds, code-switching can be used for a number of reasons, and there are different linguistic contexts in which this phenomenon occurs. Umeå is a very multinational city in northern Sweden, and this paper will present the results from interviewing a group of three (a) Arabic-Swedish speakers and a group of three (b) English-Swedish speakers on their use of language and code-switching. The results show that group a and group b both use CS as a tool to express themselves better, and also to feel a sense of belonging in their different surroundings. Being a bilingual usually comes with two cultures, and this includes many different situations in which these bilinguals use CS. |
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Bilingual Code-Switching in a Swedish Context : A study of three Swedish-Arabic and three Swedish-English speakers |
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Bilingual Code-Switching in a Swedish Context : A study of three Swedish-Arabic and three Swedish-English speakers |
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Bilingual Code-Switching in a Swedish Context : A study of three Swedish-Arabic and three Swedish-English speakers |
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Bilingual Code-Switching in a Swedish Context : A study of three Swedish-Arabic and three Swedish-English speakers |
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Bilingual Code-Switching in a Swedish Context : A study of three Swedish-Arabic and three Swedish-English speakers |
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bilingual code-switching in a swedish context : a study of three swedish-arabic and three swedish-english speakers |
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Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier |
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2018 |
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Northern Sweden |
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Northern Sweden |
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