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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456512703321

Autore

Halmari Helena

Titolo

Government and codeswitching [[electronic resource] ] : explaining American Finnish / / Helena Halmari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1997

ISBN

1-283-22212-4

9786613222121

90-272-8275-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Collana

Studies in bilingualism (SiBil), , 0928-1533 ; ; v. 12

Disciplina

306.4/4

Soggetti

Code switching (Linguistics)

Government (Grammar)

Finnish language - United States

English language - United States

Finnish Americans - Language

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-260) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

GOVERNMENT AND CODESWITCHING; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Abbreviations and Symbols; Chapter 1. Searching for Answers; Chapter 2. Defining Codeswitching: Methodological Problems; Chapter 3. Introducing the Subjects and the Data; Chapter 4. What Constrains Intrasentential Codeswitching: Different Proposals; Chapter 5. Finnish-English Codeswitching: Towards a Structural Explanation; Chapter 6. Testing the Limits of the Government Constraint; Chapter 7. Codeswitching or Borrowing?

Chapter 8. Towards a Generalizable Structural Constraint: Evidence from Other LanguagesChapter 9. Concluding Remarks; Appendix: Introducing the Subjects and Their Switching Patterns; Notes; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Bilingual codeswitching is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon, which calls for explanations on several different linguistic levels. This volume focuses on one such level: the level of syntax. An explanation for the



regularities and consistencies in the codeswitching patterns of American Finns in their spontaneous conversations is sought for in the Universal Grammar -based principle of government as realized in case-assignment and agreement relations. A bulk of the Finnish-English intrasentential data get their explanation on the structural, hierarchical level, but this level of syntax is found