This paper addresses the question of whether or not natural code switching talk takes an
observable amount of time (in comparison with unilingual speech), as has been suggested …

OVER THE LAST two decades, research in socio-and ethnolinguistics (Labov 1972, 1980;
Gumperz and Hymes 1972; Hymes 1974a, b; Gumperz 1983), communicative competence …

The aim of this chapter is to provide researchers with a tool kit of semi-experimental and
experimental techniques for studying code-switching. It presents an overview of the current …

Perhaps the most important aspect of bilingual performance is the ability to change
languages. Kolers (1968) has proposed that the skilled use of two languages presumes a …

This paper will discuss various research paradigms that have been purported to
demonstrate why code-switching occurs, constraints that affect the desire to switch, and …

A unique feature of bilingual speech is that bilinguals often produce utterances that switch
between languages, such as “I ate huevos para el desayuno [eggs for breakfast]”. While this …

Code switching (CS) is an activity which may be observed in the speech (or writing) of
bilinguals who go back and forth between their two languages in the same conversation …

The previous chapters of Code-switching: Theoretical questions, experimental answers are
a fitting recognition of the research program that Kay González-Vilbazo has championed …

A common practice often attested in bilingual and multilingual communities the world over is
the combination of languages within a single utterance or conversation, a practice known as …

Many bilinguals switch languages in daily-life conversations. Although this usually happens
within sentence context and with another speaker, most research on the cognitive …