“Code Switching” in Sociocultural Linguistics (Chad Nilep University of Colorado, Boulder), by Chad Nilep

Link: http://www.colorado.edu/ling/CRIL/Volume19_Issue1/paper_NILEP.pdf

Summary: Nilep’s text gives a panorama of Code Switching studies, focusing specially on Sociacultural Linguistics. It draws attention to the importance of Gumperz research on the subject. Later, the article comments on important aspects of code switch analyzed together with social contextualization, such as Identity and interaction between the speakers and how it influences the code-switch.