Social Motivations For Codeswitching

Oxford University Press, 1993. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked. Full cloth binding. 177pp. Dust jacket now in a new mylar cover. (Oxford Studies in Language Contact) This is the first book to focus on the social motivations for codeswitching, that is, the use of two or more linguistic varieties in the same conversation. Using… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993. Hardcover, signed by author on FEP, with further note from same laid in. Minor wear to jacket; spine ends and upper corners of jacket, boards and pages are bumped. Text is clear throughout. TS. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Good. Used.

Oxford / Clarendon, 1993. ~Robust packaging. . 1st edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. xii, 177pp. No ownership marks. With dustwrapper. Binding tight, text unmarked.

Paperback / softback. New. This book deals with codeswitching - the use of two or more different languages in the same conversation. Using data from multilingual African contexts, Carol Myers-Scotton advances an original theory applicable to any society: speakers change languages in order to negotiate a change in the tenor of the conversation, conveying warmth or anger, solidarity… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Softcover. Very Good+. 177pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Advances a theoretical argument which aims at a general explanation of the motivations underlying codeswitching (the use of two or more linguistic varieties in the same conversation).

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

OUP Oxford, 1995. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Oxford University Press, 1993-04-08. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This book deals with codeswitching - the use of two or more different languages in the same conversation. Using data from multilingual African contexts, Carol Myers-Scotton advances an original theory applicable to any society: speakers

Oxford University Press, 1995-09-28. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!