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Russian-English code-switching in New York City

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2005

Marita Roth
Affiliation:
Linguistics, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin D 10407, marita_roth@hotmail.com

Extract

Esma Gregor, Russian-English code-switching in New York City. Frankfurt/M. & Berlin: Peter Lang. Pp. 195. Hb $32.95

This doctoral dissertation focuses on Russian-English bilingualism and code-switching in New York City, applying the main functional models in code-switching research to data gathered in a field study the author conducted between 1998 and 2000. The data are quantified, and an attempt is made to correlate the linguistic competence of the speakers with their code-switching behavior.

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BOOK REVIEW
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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