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| Title: | An investigation on English/Chinese Code-switching in BBS in Chinese Alumni's Community |
| Authors: | Ge, Luqun |
| Supervisor(s): | Trappes-Lomax, Hugh |
| Issue Date: | Nov-2007 |
| Abstract: | The study, based on Myers-Scotton’s revised Markedness Model, investigates English/Chinese code-switching in BBS in Chinese alumni’s community, aiming to prove people are rational calculator when they switch codes. 82 fragments are retrieved from 4 classes in Chinaren, a large virtual Chinese alumni’s community. With qualitative analysis, 8 functions of code-switching in this BBS are found: quotation, clarification, tone-softening, euphemism, humor, gap-filling, language skill-making and fashion. The revised Markedness Model is well proved in this study, i.e. people tend to minimize the costs and maximize the benefits when they code-switch. |
| Keywords: | linguistics |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1937 |
| Appears in Collections: | Linguistics and English Language Masters thesis collection
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