Mixing mother tongue and English: Exploring the reasons and functions of code mixing

• 第一著者: Kanthimathi, K.
• フォーマット: Book Section
• 言語: English
• 出版事項: Faculty of Communication and Modern Languages, Universiti Utara Malaysia 2007
• 主題: PE English
• オンライン･アクセス: http://repo.uum.edu.my/3258/1/K2.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/3258/; http://staf.uum.edu.my/tleia2/

India is a multilingual country where code mixing is a strategy used by speakers of different indigenous languages. Mixing of the mother tongue and English is a common speech behaviour that occurs in the discourse of educated bilinguals. There are various factors that influence the use of English in...