Exploring the Codeswitchings in the Speech Community of Teoswa A Perspective of Adaption Theory

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10.2991/icelaic-17.2017.85How to use a DOI?

Keywords

codeswitching; Verschueren; adaptation theory;Teochew

Abstract

Using the theoretical framework of Verschueren's adaptation theory to explain the reasons behind all the codeswitching phenomena, this research aims to shed light on the codeswitching phenomena in Teoswa region. Through analyzing the codeswithing between Teochew, Cantonese and Mandarin in the speech community of Teoswa from the perspective of the contextual correlates of adaptability, the structural objects of adaptability, the salience of the adaption process and the dynamics of adaptation, this article mainly uses the methodology of conversational analyses to explore the codeswitching in the classroom dialogues, family talks and social conversations and explain the linguistics, psychological, sociological and cultural elements behind them. Considering that almost no research has been made on the codeswitching phenomena in the speech community of Teoswa, this research wants to explore a new research area for the researchers who are interested in the codeswitching. Besides, this research aims to raise some researchers' interest on the codeswitching related with Chinese local dialects even languages of some minority groups.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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