Swedish-English language mixing

Bibliographic Data

ID2268874
AuthorsHarriet Sharp (0000-0003-1289-9546, Karlstad University, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume26
Issue2
Pages224-240
Publication date2007-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Englishes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-971x.2007.00503.x
OpenAlexW2165586934
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited12

This paper reports on the results of a corpus-based micro-level analysis of Swedish-English language mixing in the spoken discourse of two distinct domains where the speakers regularly and frequently use English in intranational contexts of communication. The first domain is the transactional spoken discourse of business executives in the Swedish shipping industry, while the second domain is the interactional casual conversation of young adults (19-25 years old). The study shows that the language mixing differs strikingly in the two domains - both from a quantitative and a qualitative perspective. In these separate domains, speakers do not use English to the same extent, nor do they incorporate the same types of English constituent or use the same language mixing strategies. It is concluded that the language mixing in these domains is principally the result of a conscious use of English as an auxiliary language for specific purposes in the discourse, rather than the result of occasional, unintentional lapses into English

Australian English · Casual · Comprehension approach · Conversation · Domain (mathematical analysis · First language · Language assessment · Language transfer · Linguistics · Mixing (physics · Natural language · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Mathematics · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence

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