Mixing mother tongue and English: Exploring the reasons and functions of code mixing
India is a multilingual country where code mixing is a strategy used by speakers of different indigenous languages. Mixing of the mother tongue and English is a common speech behaviour that occurs in the discourse of educated bilinguals. There are various factors that influence the use of English in...
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Main Author: | Kanthimathi, K. |
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Format: | Book Section |
Language: | English |
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Faculty of Communication and Modern Languages, Universiti Utara Malaysia
2007
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Online Access: | http://repo.uum.edu.my/3258/1/K2.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/3258/ http://staf.uum.edu.my/tleia2/ |
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