Markus Denkler:
Code-Switching in GesprŠchem mŸnsterlŠndischer Dialektsprecher. Zur
Sprachvariation beim konversationellen ErzŠhlen
Code-switching – the alternating use of two or more ÒcodesÓ within
a conversational episode – is an important means of contextualizing (Gumperz) the linguistic activities of
multilingual individuals. This article analyses code-switching in dialect
speakersÕ private conversations. The recordings on which it is based were made
in MŸnsterland; the dialect-speaking participants switch between the Low German
MŸnsterlandish dialect and a regiolect. The analysis focuses on the functions
of code-switching in conversational narrative, investigating how it is employed
to gain the floor and to both build a link to and distinguish an account from
previous utterances. Code-switching practices in the main body of the account
(especially when yielding the floor) are examined, and it is shown how
code-switching is used to contextualize particular utterances as signals of
account closure.
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