Language Code-Switching at Wikipedia.org

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching

Summary: This website contains the most basic information about what is code-switching, what are its mechanics, types and functions. It is a good approach for someone who has never heard about it and would like to know what it is about. As most of Wikipedia sources, it shows an overview on the subject.

First notions about Language Code-Switching

Link: http://www.tamiu.edu/~rheredia/switch.htm

Summary: This website shows a very brief explanation on code-switching. It is useful for people who have never heard about that and would like to have a very simple notion of what it is.

Code-Switching history

Link: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/4558

Summary: This article starts with an overview of the history of code-switching. Moreover, it also explains a little about some important names on this subject, like Rebecca Wheeler and Rachel Swords. Therefore, it also gives an idea on the correctionist approach and on the contrastivist approach. The website also provides us methods which were developed by both authors for moving from one approach to the other.

"Spanglish" and language Code-Switching

Link: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/7164

Summary: This is a valuable website for the understanding and studying of Spanglish. It shows the most common sentences used and provide several examples. Moreover, the website shows an interesting Spanglish dictionary. It is one of the most interesting sites on code-switching because of the great number of different words and examples of mixtures.

Code-switching in a Hong Kong community

Link: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/psy457_ksmal/home

Summary: This website gives a short summary of what is code-switching. However, the noticeable part of the website is the arousal of the question of identity in relation to code-switching. The website opens a space to reflection on how code-switching can affect and what its role can be on a person’s identity. The Video Footage link shows an interview on code-switching in Hong Kong and shows different opinions about this subject.

Os Estudos Sociolinguísticos sobre o Code-Switching

Link:http://www.scribd.com/doc/14682939/Revel-9-Os-Estudos-Sociolinguisticos-Sobre-o-Code-Switching

Summary: For further information, this website shows a paper on code-switching, which brings a more specific and specialized approach of the subject. It analyses each research line and what each line is about as well as it shows the most important biography on the subject, emphasizing the importance of each source and line, explain their contributions to code-switching understanding.

Child code-switch and adult code-switch

Link: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~ervintrp/pdf/content.pdf

Summary: This is an article from the International Journal of Binligualism (Volume 9, Number1, 2008, p 85-102) about Child code-switch and adult code-switch. The research shows children knows which code to use with certain addresses, while they are growing-up, they will increase they pragmatic skills. In adults, the code-switching may rely on semiotics differences implied by language; and it depends on specific sociolinguistic situations and personal histories. The text also discusses the different types and functions of code-switching, highlighting the differences towards the languages attitudes in bilingual children and adults.