Types of Code-switching among Young Adults with Bilingualism

IF 0.2 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2023-08-20 DOI:10.21659/rupkatha.v15n3.08

Ruba S, P. S., Kala Samayan

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Abstract

The present study aimed to analyse and compare various forms of code-switching among adult male and female Tamil-English bilinguals. This research involved thirty bilingual (Tamil and English) adults between the ages of 18 and 25. Each participant was given an updated version of the cookie-theft picture and asked to describe it in Tamil. The various kinds of code-switching, such as tag switching, intra-sentential switching, and inter-sentential switching, were identified through the data analysis. Results indicated that language switching occurs more frequently between phrases and that female participants exhibit code-switching significantly higher than male participants, particularly in tag switching. The study findings can help linguists and speech-language pathologists understand the various types of code-switching employed by Tamil-English bilinguals. However, a larger population needs to be studied for further investigation.

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双语青年语码转换的类型

本研究旨在分析和比较成年男性和女性泰米尔语-英语双语者各种形式的语码转换。这项研究涉及30名年龄在18到25岁之间的双语(泰米尔语和英语)成年人。每个参与者都拿到了一张最新版本的偷饼干照片，并被要求用泰米尔语描述它。通过数据分析，识别出了各种类型的语码转换，如标签转换、句内转换和句间转换。结果表明，短语之间的语言转换更频繁，女性参与者的语码转换明显高于男性参与者，尤其是在标签转换方面。研究结果可以帮助语言学家和语言病理学家了解泰米尔语-英语双语者使用的各种类型的代码转换。然而，需要对更大的人群进行进一步的研究。

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Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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发文量

129

审稿时长

8 weeks

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