Date:  Tue, 25 Jan 1994 18:36:49 -0600

From:  Daniel S Goodman-1 <dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU>

Subject: Re: AWAKE! Etc.



On Thu, 20 Jan 1994, Dennis.Preston wrote:



> Dan Goodman's query about code-switching reminds me of some of our earlier

> conversations on this list concerning the sociolinguistic-psycholinguistic

> basis of different varieties. I will return to that. First, of course, one

> might (more or less) arbitrarily decide what a 'code' is and then determine

> code-switching. In case three (assuming 'takke' has not been incorporated into

> English), I think nearly everybody would agree that moving from one langauge

> to another is code-switching.

It's used in some varieties of "Yinglish". I'm aware that it's not an

English word, but pronounce it as if it was. My mother -- who understands

Yiddish fairly well and speaks it with some difficulty -- pronounces it

properly.



> In case one, if 'black tea' and 'regular' tea are geogrphical alternates, one

> might also suggest that moving from one regional variety to another is a good

> example of code-switching.

Yes, they're geographical alternates.



Dan Goodman dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]maroon.tc.umn.edu