Code-switching and dialogism

From a strict linguistic viewpoint, code-switching intertwines with a diverse range of language contact phenomena, from strict interference to several kinds of language mixture. Code-switching has also been addressed as an interactional phenomenon in everyday talk, an approach that implies a synchro...

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Autor: Argenter Giralt, Joan Albert
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Canvi de codi (Lingüística)
Hebreu
Català
Code-switching
Hebrew
Catalan language
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spelling Code-switching and dialogismVerbal practices among Catalan Jews in the Middle AgesArgenter Giralt, Joan AlbertCanvi de codi (Lingüística)HebreuCatalàCode-switchingHebrewCatalan languageFrom a strict linguistic viewpoint, code-switching intertwines with a diverse range of language contact phenomena, from strict interference to several kinds of language mixture. Code-switching has also been addressed as an interactional phenomenon in everyday talk, an approach that implies a synchronic perspective. In this article, however, data are drawn from the records of communicative practices left behind by Catalan Jewish communities of the 14th and 15th centuries. These communities lived under well-defined cultural, political, and social conditions and displayed a rather complex linguistic repertoire of both linguistic resources and verbal genres. I analyze two of these verbal genres, which themselves must be viewed in the context of a broader Hispano-Arabic cultural tradition; they draw on a heteroglot background in which Semitic and Romance languages merged. In this analysis of the functions that code-switching played in these verbal practices, a contrast emerges between the use of code-switching and lexical borrowing (or alternation vs. insertional types of code-switching) in both verbal genres. This has implications for a much debated issue - the alleged existence of a medieval Catalan Jewish language - and challenges the idea that forms of linguistic practice must always be reduced to a bounded code. 22001-01-0120012001-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/111988reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest material està protegit per drets d'autor i/o drets afins. Podeu utilitzar aquest material en funció del que permet la legislació de drets d'autor i drets afins d'aplicació al vostre cas. Per a d'altres usos heu d'obtenir permís del(s) titular(s) de drets.https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:1119882026-06-06T12:50:31Z
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Verbal practices among Catalan Jews in the Middle Ages
title Code-switching and dialogism
spellingShingle Code-switching and dialogism
Argenter Giralt, Joan Albert
Canvi de codi (Lingüística)
Hebreu
Català
Code-switching
Hebrew
Catalan language
title_short Code-switching and dialogism
title_full Code-switching and dialogism
title_fullStr Code-switching and dialogism
title_full_unstemmed Code-switching and dialogism
title_sort Code-switching and dialogism
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Argenter Giralt, Joan Albert
author Argenter Giralt, Joan Albert
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Canvi de codi (Lingüística)
Hebreu
Català
Code-switching
Hebrew
Catalan language
topic Canvi de codi (Lingüística)
Hebreu
Català
Code-switching
Hebrew
Catalan language
description From a strict linguistic viewpoint, code-switching intertwines with a diverse range of language contact phenomena, from strict interference to several kinds of language mixture. Code-switching has also been addressed as an interactional phenomenon in everyday talk, an approach that implies a synchronic perspective. In this article, however, data are drawn from the records of communicative practices left behind by Catalan Jewish communities of the 14th and 15th centuries. These communities lived under well-defined cultural, political, and social conditions and displayed a rather complex linguistic repertoire of both linguistic resources and verbal genres. I analyze two of these verbal genres, which themselves must be viewed in the context of a broader Hispano-Arabic cultural tradition; they draw on a heteroglot background in which Semitic and Romance languages merged. In this analysis of the functions that code-switching played in these verbal practices, a contrast emerges between the use of code-switching and lexical borrowing (or alternation vs. insertional types of code-switching) in both verbal genres. This has implications for a much debated issue - the alleged existence of a medieval Catalan Jewish language - and challenges the idea that forms of linguistic practice must always be reduced to a bounded code.
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