Language choice in multilingual

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Choosing your variety or code

What is your linguistic repertoire?

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Exercise 1

Domains of language use

Example 2

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Exercise 2

Example 3

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Modelling variety or code choice

Example 4

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Example 5

Exercise 3(b)

Other social factors affecting code choice

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Exercise 4

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Diglossia

A linguistic division of labour

Example 6

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Exercise 5

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Attitudes to H vs L in a diglossia situation

Example 7

Exercise 6

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Diglossia with and without bilingualism

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Extending the scope of ‘diglossia’

Exercise 7

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Polyglossia

Changes in a diglossia situation

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Exercise 8

Code-switching or code-mixing

Participants, solidarity and status

Example 8

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Example 10

Exercise 9

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Topic

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Switching for affective functions

Example 13

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Example 14

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Example 15

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Example 16

Exercise 10

Metaphorical switching

Example 17

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Example 19

Lexical borrowing

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Exercise 11

Linguistic constraints

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Example 20

Example 21

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Attitudes to code-switching

Example 22

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Exercise 12

Answers to exercises in chapter 2

Answer to exercise 1 (a)

Answers to exercise 1 (b)

Answer to exercise 3 (a)

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Answer to exercise 3 (b)

Answer to exercise 4

Answer to exercise 5

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Answers to exercise 6 (a)

Answer to exercise 6 (b)

Answer to exercise 7 (a)

Answer to exercise 7 (b)

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Answer to exercise 8

Answers to exercise 9

Answer to exercise 10

Answer to exercise 12

Concepts introduced

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References

Quotations

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Useful additional reading

Note

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