Japanese-English bilingual students'code-switching : a cross-sectional study from the structural perspective

• Project/Area Number: 21820068
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Kyoto Sangyo University
• Principal Investigator: NAMBA Kazuhiko Kyoto Sangyo University, 外国語学部, 准教授 (10550585)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,652,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,040,000、Indirect Cost: ¥612,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,248,000 (Direct Cost: ¥960,000、Indirect Cost: ¥288,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,404,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,080,000、Indirect Cost: ¥324,000)
• Keywords: 言語学 / バイリンガズム / コードスイッチング / 定式表現 / 言語 / コードスイッチ / MLFモデル / 語用論 / バイリンガリズム

Research Abstract

This study aims to look at bilinguals' code-switching phenomena from the perspective of grammatical structure. Naturalistic interactions of balanced bilinguals were recorded, transcribed and formed into a corpus consisting of over 10 thousands clauses. The code-switched clauses were examined to ascertain whether items from one language were inserted into a main clause in the other language, i.e. the insertion pattern or whether the speaker was switching from one language to the other, i.e. the alternation pattern.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] (2010)
  • Author(s): David Wood(編)
  • Journal Title: Perspectives on Formulaic Language : Acquisition and Communication(Continuum) Pages: 129-150
• [Journal Article] A continuum-based model for insertional code-switching : Japanese nominal insertions in English Matrix language frames. (2009)
  • Author(s): Namba, K.
  • Journal Title: Japan Journal of Multilingualism and xulticulturalism. 15 Pages: 18-40
  • NAID: 40016959834
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Linguistic Analysis of Code-switching第3回 (2010)
  • Author(s): Namba, K.
  • Organizer: 第1言語としてのバイリンガリズム研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪・関西学院大学梅田キャンパス
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-16
• [Presentation] Linguistic Analysis of Code-switching (2010)
  • Author(s): 難波和彦
  • Organizer: 第3回 第1言語としてのバイリンガリズム研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪 関西学院大学梅田キャンパス
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-16
• [Presentation] A Structural Approach to Code-switching. (2010)
  • Author(s): Namba, K.
  • Organizer: 8^<th> PhD Summer School in Linguistics.
  • Place of Presentation: University of the West England, UK
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-24
• [Presentation] A Structural Approach to Code-switching (2010)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Namba
  • Organizer: 8^<th> PhD Summer School in Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: University of the West England, UK
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-24
• [Presentation] The Role of Formulaic Frames in Alternational Code-switching (2010)
  • Author(s): Namba, K.
  • Organizer: 4^<th> International FLaRN (Formulaic Language Research Network) conferences
  • Place of Presentation: ドイツ国 Paderborn市・Paderborn大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-25
• [Presentation] The Role of Formulaic Frames in Alternational Code-switching (2010)
  • Author(s): 難波和彦
  • Organizer: 4^<th> International FLaRN(Formulaic Language Research Network)conferences
  • Place of Presentation: ドイツ国 Paderborn市Paderborn大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-25
• [Presentation] Verb Insertion in English-Japanese Code-switching (2009)
  • Author(s): Namba, K.
  • Organizer: 全国語学教育学会(JALT)年次国際大会
  • Place of Presentation: 静岡・グランシップ静岡
  • Year and Date: 2009-11-20
• [Presentation] Verb Insertion in English-Japanese Code-switching (2009)
  • Author(s): 難波和彦
  • Organizer: 全国語学教育学会(JALT)年次国際大会
  • Place of Presentation: 静岡 グランシップ静岡
  • Year and Date: 2009-11-20
• [Book] Formulaicity in Code-switching : Criteria for Identifying Formulaic Sequences. In D.Wood. (ed) (2009)
  • Author(s): Namba, K.
  • Publisher: Perspectives on Formulaic Language : Acquisition and Communication. London : Continuum