CODE SWITCHING IN FM

CODE SWITCHING IN FM

AN EXPLORATION OF CODE SWITCHING PRACTICES IN KISS AND EASY FM RADIO STATIONS IN KENYA

LAP Lambert Academic Publishing ( 2010-10-11 )

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This is a complete basic book in English-Kiswahili Code-Switching in the FM Industry in Kenya. This a recently formed practice in FM Stations in Kenya. Data from naturally occurring conversations are analyzed within Blom and Gumperz''s interactional/interpretative model. Four language patterns are identified including monolingual English and Kiswahili turns, code-switched turns and turns showing convergence ( morphemes from one language with abstract grammatical structure from the other).

Book Details:

ISBN-13:

978-3-8433-5647-3

ISBN-10:

3843356475

EAN:

9783843356473

Book language:

English

By (author) :

Robert Onyango

Number of pages:

112

Published on:

2010-10-11

Category:

General and comparative linguistics