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Toward a probabilistic automata model of some aspects of code-switching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

D. W. Dearholt  and
G. Valdés-Fallis
D. W. Dearholt
Affiliation:
New Mexico State University
G. Valdés-Fallis
Affiliation:
New Mexico State University
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As Kolers (1972) has pointed out, the study of bilingualism offers a distinctive way to study some of the mental activities underlying the way that people use language. Code-switching (the introduction into the context of one language stretches of speech which exhibit primarily the other language's phonological and morphological features) offers a unique opportunity for studying some of the more complicated aspects of bilingual speech, particularly regarding the momentary choice of language. Researchers whose work has influenced this paper include Haugen, Weinreich, Mackey, Fishman, Rayfleld, Clyne, Hasselmo, Gumperz, Diebold, Lance, Valdés-Fallis, Pfaff, and Timm. Among the list of poorly understood phenomena in code-switching are (I) seemingly unpredictable switching, and (2) the possibility of formal, complex rules underlying different code-switching patterns. It is these open questions which modelling might illuminate.

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Articles: Experimental Linguistics
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Language in Society , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , December 1978 , pp. 411 - 420
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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