Code-switching and code-mixing in Welsh bilinguals' talk: confirming or refuting the maintenance of language boundaries?

• Published in: Language, culture, and curriculum Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 179 - 197
• Main Author: Musk, Nigel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 01.11.2010
• Subjects: Adolescents; Bilingual Schools; Bilingualism; Celtic languages; Code Switching; Code Switching (Language); code-mixing; Conversation Analysis; Discourse Analysis; Education; Foreign Countries; HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP; HUMANITIES and RELIGION; Ideologies; Ideology; Keltiska språk; kodväxling; language ideology; Language Maintenance; language practices; Language Usage; Language Use; Languages and linguistics; Linguistic Competence; Linguistic subjects; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Lingvistikämnen; Other languages; Pedagogik; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; samtalsanalys; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Socialvetenskap; språkideologi; språkliga praktiker; Språkvetenskap; tvåspråkighet; Wales; walesiska; Welsh; Övriga språk; United Kingdom (Wales)

This article closely examines the bilingual talk emerging from informal discussions among young people attending a bilingual school in Wales. In contrast to the common focus on issues of bilinguals' linguistic competence in the literature, this paper advocates a speaker's perspective and c...