Mushin2010
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Mushin2010 |
| Author(s) | Ilana Mushin |
| Title | Code-switching as an interactional resource in Garrwa/Kriol talk-in-interaction |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Code-Switching, Garrwa, Kriol, Conversation, Australian Talk, Aboriginal Conversation |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Australian Journal of Linguistics |
| Volume | 30 |
| Number | 4 |
| Pages | 471–496 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1080/07268602.2010.518556 |
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Abstract
This paper is a study of bilingual talk among Garrwa/Kriol speakers in the communities of Borroloola and Robinson River, NT, focussing on choices speakers make between traditional and non-traditional Indigenous languages in ordinary conversations. The analysis presented here supports the view of code-switching, recently summarized by Matras, as an interactional resource—a means by which speakers can structure their talk around the local contingencies of an interaction. Language choice may be symbolic of a particular social stance or ‘social arena’ in a given context, but the fact of language shift (regardless of the direction of the shift), may be equally significant in demarcating conversational activities, and marking shifts in perspective.
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