Language choice in multilingual communities

Language choice in multilingual communities

1. Domains of language use

   • Def. A typical interaction between typical participants in a typical setting
   • Family, Friendship, Religion, Education, and Employment
   • Social Domain
     • participants
     • Setting
     • Topic
     • Code
       • factors affect code choice
         • Individual's interaction isn't typical
         • Leakage: the code associated with one domain is leaking into another.
   • benefits of a model
     • It forces us to be clear about which domains and varieties are relevant to language choice .
     • It's a clear basis for comparing patterns of code choice in different speech communities.

2. Society

   • Diglossia
     • Broad
     • Narrow
       • Same language
         • High
         • Low
       • each variety for distinct functions
       • High not used everyday
     • Features
       • Sound + Grammar of H & L is related; H variety is morphologically more complicated
       • Vocab of H & L are similar; H has many formal and technical terms used for writing

3. Individualas

   • Bilingualism

4. Polyglossia

   • A community uses more than two codes

5. Code-switching

   • The practice of moving back and fourth between two codes
   • Situational

6. Linguistic constraints

   • Intra-sentential switching
   • Equivalence constraint
   • Inter-sentential switching