Code-Switching

Amharic-English

Bibliographic Data

ID2173449
AuthorsZelealem Leyew (0009-0004-5455-3863)
Year1998
Volume11
Issue2
Pages197-216
Publication date1998-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of African Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-6815 • E-ISSN: 1469-9346
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13696819808717834
OpenAlexW2025046309
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited9

A worthwhile area of research in bilingual and multilingual communities which allow codeswitching is whether there are any constraints on why and how the alternation of codes may take place and which grammatical categories are more sensitive to such a phenomenon. It is also true that the implications of codeswitching are sociolinguistically important inasmuch as one can describe the bilingual person, group or society. Since Ethiopia is a multilingual country, codeswitching is a widespread phenomenon among speakers of different indigenous languages. As a result, it is very common to hear the alternation of codes, especially from one other language to Amharic. Among educated people, codeswitching frequently occurs from Amharic to English. In this paper, some of the major sociolinguistic and related linguistic issues in Amharic‐English code‐switching are raised and discussed

Alternation (linguistics · Amharic · Code (set theory · Code-switching · Indigenous · Linguistics · Phenomenon · Physics · Programming language · Sociology · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Second Language Learning and Teaching · History · Philosophy