تغییر الشفرة اللغویة: دراسة تطبیقیة Code-Switching in Language : An Applied Study

الملخص

Abstract
It is obvious, but important fact that in addition to the communicative function
of language there is the social function which explains the role that language plays in
society. This can be enlightened in sociolinguistics through code –switching .
Code-switching, in which one single speaker uses different varieties in his
speech, is one of the various speech situations of language-variation. There are three
types of CS :situational switching ,metaphorical switching and conversational
switching. This researcher concentrates on the last type since it suits the aim of the
study . Many studies have been conducted to deal with the question "why do
bilinguals switch languages?" .There are functions and reasons behind switching from
one code to another. The theoretical part of the paper includes those functions after
the explanation of language varieties and the mixture of these varieties. The practical
part includes a questionnaire given to twenty bilingual speakers and the analysis of
their responses has shown that most of the functions given by them are almost similar
to those which have been discussed in the theoretical part. However, the participants
have explained some different reasons behind their change of language during their
speech, such as to show off or to attract the attention or the interest of others and other
reasons.