A Minimalist Approach to Intrasentential Code Switching

First Published in 1999. Code switching is widely used in bilingual communities worldwide, and has been found in government documents, literature, religious works, and song. Pursuing this aim here, chapter 1 addresses the relevance of the study of code switching for education and schooling, focusing on ways in which a misunderstanding of code switching may lead to tacit tracking effects for language-minority children.

Jeff MacSwan

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, PREFACE, 1. RATIONALE, 2. LITERATURE REVIEW, 3. RESEARCH DESIGN, 4. SPANISH-NAHUATL CODE SWITCHING: BASIC FINDINGS, 5. A MINIMALIST APPROACH TO CODE SWITCHING, 6. SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX