Code-Switching: Structure and Meaning
Code-Switching: Structure and Meaning

Summary/Abstract: In the past, detailed structural description has largely been absent from code-switching research informed by the principles of conversation analysis (CA) (e.g. Auer, 1998). In this paper, I will try to argue in favor of situating a sequential analysis of code-switching in bilingual conversation within a structural description of bilingual speech. A structural description contributes to the interpretive analysis in that: (1) the analytic process itself is made transparent in its entirety; and (2) the structural variety of code-switches is revealed, as is the potential for items identical in terms of structure to differ in terms of interactional meaning.

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