Nicholas Petree wrote "Penelope Gardner-Chloros. 2009. Code-Switching.” An article found in the Boise State library database. In the introduction, The author gives numerous examples of the occurrence to be covered, from the obvious cases of the use of two different
“national languages”, such as Chinese and English in Singapore, to the more subtle cases like the injection of creole pronunciation into English in a London shopkeeper’s story. The author states several goals in pursuing this research, namely: to identify both linguistic and sociolinguistic factors that are involved, to determine if revisions of assumptions made about grammar based on monolingual speech are in order, and to reveal how language is produced and processed in the brain.
“national languages”, such as Chinese and English in Singapore, to the more subtle cases like the injection of creole pronunciation into English in a London shopkeeper’s story. The author states several goals in pursuing this research, namely: to identify both linguistic and sociolinguistic factors that are involved, to determine if revisions of assumptions made about grammar based on monolingual speech are in order, and to reveal how language is produced and processed in the brain.