Units in code switching

Evidence for Multimorphemic Elements in the Lexicon

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3989509
AutoresAd Backus (0000-0001-8596-8915, autor correspondente)
Ano2003
Volume41
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2003-01-06
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLinguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ling.2003.005
OpenAlexW2055879528
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas40
Referências citadas32

Studies of insertional code switching frequently include examples in which combinations of several words from the embedded language occur together in matrix-language clauses. In this paper, a range of such constructions are analyzed as multimorphemic lexical units. Such units are a central, yet neglected, element of grammar, which blur the distinction between syntax and lexicon. The paper identifies several types of unit in bilingual code-switching data, including inserted plural nouns, compound nouns, adjective-noun and verb-object collocations, and idioms, and provides evidence for their widespread involvement in insertional code switching. Independent evidence for unit status comes from their frequently observed semantic noncompositionality and other semantic and morphosyntactic features. Recognition of the lexical status of these chunks may contribute to a unified theory of code switching

Code (set theory) · Code-switching · Lexicon · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Programming language · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation