Acculturation through Code-Switching Linguistic Analysis in Three Short-Stories: “Invierno”, “Nilda” and “The Pura Principle” (Díaz 2012)

The purpose of this article is to investigate whether Yunior, a character and narrator in the three short stories under study, “Invierno”, “The Pura Principle”, “Nilda”, becomes absorbed into American culture or obtains positive relationship with without losing his Dominican identity. Quantitative analyses vocabulary L1 code-switches (Spanish) L2 (English) used by Yunior were carried out appraise linguistic progression. Code-switching was analyzed because it gives insights how situation context influences language use why characters they do. results obtained, means common lexical measures foreign research (lexical density, age acquisition sophistication), allowed us assess Yunior’s change According acculturation model, acculturated host country, showing progression integration many cultural aspects life English due formal education early L2.