4-3 Bilingual generation

4-3 Bilingual generation

1. lexical borrowing

2. lang. alternation

   • change to speak
   • change to address

3. code switching

   • lang. alternation in an utterance
     • no change in addressee
   • occurs at word, phrase, clause level
   • ruled governed
     • grammatical constraints
     • social constraints
   • optional
   • discourse norm
   • indicates strong proficiency in L1/L2
   • 3 types
     • tag
       • tag in La rest lang. Lb
         • attention getter (mira)
           • parenthetical
     • inter- sentetial
       • 2 sentences
         • 1 in La 2 in Lb
           • independent
     • intra- sentetial
       • within sentence

4. overextension

   • cucaracha
     • all bugs

5. underextension

   • dog
     • only black dogs