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Peer reviewedKwan Terry, Anna – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1992
Examines code-switching and code-mixing behavior of a child learning English and Cantonese simultaneously. The choice of code was dependant on socialization, and code-mixing was dependent on base language. (14 references) (LT)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cantonese, Child Language, Code Switching (Language)
Peer reviewedLin, Angel M. Y. – Linguistics and Education, 1996
Examines the historical and socioeconomic context of classroom code switching in Hong Kong. Empirical analyses of actual instances of classroom code switching reveal this action to be the teachers' and students' local pragmatic response to the symbolic domination of English. The article concludes with a cost-benefit analysis of the Hong Kong…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cantonese, Class Activities, Classroom Communication
