03396nam 2200673 a 450 991082304360332120240514042049.01-283-22212-4978661322212190-272-8275-7(CKB)2550000000042981(EBL)784212(OCoLC)744333833(SSID)ssj0000993817(PQKBManifestationID)11570219(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000993817(PQKBWorkID)10956532(PQKB)11649829(MiAaPQ)EBC784212(Au-PeEL)EBL784212(CaPaEBR)ebr10488480(EXLCZ)99255000000004298119970320d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGovernment and codeswitching explaining American Finnish /Helena Halmari1st ed.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia J. Benjamins19971 online resource (292 p.)Studies in bilingualism (SiBil),0928-1533 ;v. 12Description based upon print version of record.90-272-4118-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-260) and indexes.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 IndexBilingual 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 foundStudies in bilingualism ;v. 12.Code switching (Linguistics)Government (Grammar)Finnish languageUnited StatesEnglish languageUnited StatesFinnish AmericansLanguageCode switching (Linguistics)Government (Grammar)Finnish languageEnglish languageFinnish AmericansLanguage.306.4/4Halmari Helena1675956MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823043603321Government and codeswitching4041795UNINA