CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Bogeljic, Mihaela |
|---|---|
| Title | An Empirical Investigation of the Theoretical Approaches to Code Switching: Petrcane as a Case Study |
| Summary | Code switching is a linguistic phenomenon that occurs in all languages. It can be employed when people use two or more languages to communicate, which is often the case in various immigrant communities, or when they use different varieties of a single language. Why do people change the way they speak in different social situations and in what ways do they do it? Is it beneficial to them to speak differently? Central to this proposed research, these questions will be applied to code switching practices in the village of Petrčane, located in the Croatian coastal region, Dalmatia. Croatia went through many changes recently, including the transition from communism to a war for independence to the establishment of an open market economy. All of these changes affected the way people use language all over Croatia. Such is the case in Petrčane, a small village with approximately 600 permanent residents and a booming tourism industry. In this research Petrčane is going to serve as a case study to test three theoretical approaches to code switching, namely the Markedness model, Speech Accommodation Theory and Relevance Theory, in order to see if they are useful in explaining language practices in this community. |
| Supervisor | Kowalski Alexandra and Naumescu Vlad |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/bogeljic_mihaela.pdf |
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