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Two Codes or One? The Insiders' View and the Description of Codeswitching in Dakar.
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Swigart, Leigh – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1992
In describing the different types of codeswitching used in Dakar, this paper questions the frequent assumption that the use of two languages within a single conversation violates a norm. In Dakar there is a fluid and unmarked switching between Wolof and French, "Urban Wolof," that has become the most common mode of speech among urban…
Descriptors: African Languages, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cultural Pluralism