The Simple View of borrowing and code-switching

Aims and Objectives: In this paper, a novel approach to the distinction between borrowing code-switching is proposed, called Simple View of code-switching. Under view, listedness seen as key condition for classifying words or multiword units (MWUs) borrowings. For MWUs, operationalized with mutual information (MI) scores: higher MI score given set words, likelihood it listed in lexicon. View, specific instantiation what belongs lexicon (fixed, arbitrary patterns) computed online (productive rules), should therefore be considered part grammar. Methodology: Assumptions from were tested on corpus switches single MWUs Turkish-German (87,000 words), which was transcribed CHAT format. Data analysis: The frequency either direction, their morphosyntactic integration patterns analysed CLAN. formulaicity scores through Sketchengine. Findings: donor language found above 3, cut-off point Corpus Linguistics. Thus, addition, more likely borrowed than words. Originality: Insights about formulaic Linguistics Second Language Acquisition used inform analyses contact phenomena, new ways test model are proposed. Significance: offers unified lexical items function opens avenue research using neuroscientific methods whether speakers’ mental lexicons.