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Code-Switching as the Fabric of Discourse
Code-Switching as the Fabric of Discourse

Author(s): Gabriela Dima
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies, Theory of Communication
Published by: Editura Casa Cărții de Știință
Keywords: communication; language functions; code switching; dialog; motivational factors;

Summary/Abstract: A phenomenon with real cultural valences, code-switching is determined by a variety of factors that can be defined as a motivational referentiality of the speaker in the act of communication. Functional in the field of linguistics and sociolinguistics as a means of constructing and reconstructing discourse, code-switching is a direct result of linguistic contact through a variety of factors.

  • Issue Year: I/2021
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 32-37
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English
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