by Carol Myers-Scotton · Clarendon Press · tapa dura · ISBN 9780198239055
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«Social Motivations for Codeswitching: Evidence from Africa» is the sociolinguistics essay by Carol Myers-Scotton, published by Clarendon Press in hardcover.
It analyzes code-switching in African multilingual contexts, especially Kenya, and presents it as an expert practice, not as a resource for those who do not master the language. By alternating codes, speakers negotiate social distance by exploiting the sociopsychological values of each variety, as when shifting register within the same language.
It belongs to the Oxford Studies in Language Contact series. Published in 1993, the volume has 177 pages and includes bibliography and index.
For students and researchers of sociolinguistics and bilingualism, with special interest in African multilingualism.
