CODE-SWITCHING BETWEEN NURSE-PATIENT COMMUNICATION: BILINGUAL INTERACTION SOCIETY

Comprehension of Code-switching by Bilingual Infants

Bilingual children are regularly exposed to code-switching, a linguistic phenomenon consisting of mixing two languages within the same context (Byers-Heinlein, 2013a). Studies have demonstrated that adults are slower to process code-switched language (Grainger & O’regan, 1992), and preliminary studies testing intra-sentential switches (“Where is the chien?”) found similar results with toddlers ...

The Impact of Code-Switching on Bilingual EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension

This study sought to investigate the probable effects of code-switching (CS) on Iranian bilingual English learners' reading comprehension. In this study, two intact classes of freshmen, taking the four-credit Reading and Comprehension Course 1, comprising a total of 70 participants, with 35 in each class, were randomly assigned as the experimental and the control groups after their initial homo...

Observing nurse-patient interaction

Code Switching in a Spanish-English Bilingual Child: A Communication Resource

In this paper, we address the issue of how two languages are represented in bilingual children by focusing on the sequential acquisition of two first languages. Specifically, we report the results of a longitudinal case study that investigated the pattern of development of English, Spanish and mixed utterances in a Spanish/English bilingual child. The mixed utterances were also analyzed syntact...

On the emergence of bilingual code-switching competence*

Code-switching among pro®cient adult bilinguals has been extensively studied, and it is by now universally concluded that intra-sentential code alternations are rule-governed and systematic, displaying dependency relations that re ̄ect the operation of underlying syntactic principles. The central, guiding question to be addressed herein is whether and, if so, how second language learners acquire...