Attitudes Toward Different Types of Chinese-English Code-Switching

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ID3239209
AuthorsH Liu (0000-0002-1154-4017, Lanzhou University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume9
Issue2
Publication date2019-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2158244019853920
OpenAlexW2948974868
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited34

This study investigates language attitudes held by Chinese-English bilinguals toward two types of switching to English in mandarin Chinese discourse, that is, intraclausal and interclausal switching. Participants with varying degrees of English proficiency were sampled from four cities in mainland China and one oversea city, London. A variation of matched-guise technique, open guise technique, was used to collect attitudinal responses toward code-switching. Quantitative analyses showed that the participants generally downgraded code-switching on social likability, with interclausal switching receiving the lowest ratings. In terms of social-economic status, however, interclausal switching was rated the highest and the intraclausal type the lowest. Such evaluative responses were consistent across genders and the cities of interest. The theoretical and methodological implications of the study are discussed

China · Code-switching · Language proficiency · Linguistics · Mainland · Mainland China · Mandarin Chinese · Mathematics education · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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