Codeswitching for Humour and Ethnic Identity: Written Danish-American Occasional Songs

Individual bilingual language performance in occasional songs is examined with focus on the use of Danish and English by a female member of a Danish-American organization in both song-writing and organizational written recordkeeping. The findings confirm the hypothesis of a conditioning effect of fe...

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Published inJournal of multilingual and multicultural development Vol. 13; no. 1-2; p. 215
Main Author Stolen, Marianne
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1992
Subjects
Bilingualism
Code Switching (Language)
Comparative Analysis
Danish
Danish Americans
English
Ethnic Groups
Humor
Social Influences
Songs
Uncommonly Taught Languages
Written Language
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Summary:Individual bilingual language performance in occasional songs is examined with focus on the use of Danish and English by a female member of a Danish-American organization in both song-writing and organizational written recordkeeping. The findings confirm the hypothesis of a conditioning effect of features of genre and social role on the exploitation of two codes in writing. (20 references) (Author/LB)
ISSN:0143-4632
DOI:10.1080/01434632.1992.9994492