Codeswitching: Black English and Standard English in the African-American Linguistic Repertoire

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS III
3. Codeswitching as an Urban Language-Contact Phenomenon 1
4. CODESWITCHING THEORY AND EXAMPLES: AFRICA
5. Comparing Codeswitching and Borrowing 19
6. French in Urban Lubumbashi Swahili: Codeswitching, Borrowing, or Both 41
7. Codeswitching and the Exclusivity of Social Identities: Some Data from Campus Kiswahili 57
8. Codeswitching in Bukavu 71
9. Two Codes or One? The Insiders' View and the Description of Codeswitching in Dakar 83
10. Socialising Multilingualism: Determinants of Codeswitching in Kenyan Primary Classrooms 103
11. CODESWITCHING THEORY AND EXAMPLES: CANADA AND BELGIUM
12. The Politics of Codeswitching and Language Choice 123
13. French-Dutch Codeswitching in Brussels: Social Factors Explaining Its Disappearance 143
14. CODESWITCHING IN CONTEXTS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING, DIALECT SHIFT AND STYLE SHIFT
15. Codeswitching: Black English and Standard English in the African-American Linguistic Repertoire 157
16. Codeswitching, Convergence and Compliance: The Development of Micro-Community Speech Norms 169
17. Chinese Preschool Codeswitching: Mandarin Babytalk and the Voice of Authority 187
18. Codeswitching for Humour and Ethnic Identity: Written Danish-American Occasional Songs 215