Inuwa, Yusuf Nuhu and Christopher, Anne Althea and Bakrin, Haryati (2014) Factors motivating code switching within the social contact of Hausa bilinguals. IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS), 19 (3). pp. 43-49. ISSN 2279-0837

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Abstract

The study reported in this paper centers on the factors motivating code switching within the social contact of Hausa bilingual speakers studying at University Utara Malaysia. Information for the survey was collected using questionnaire sets distributed to 80 bilinguals, who completed them.The data were examined within the sketch of Holmes (2013) social factors and social dimensions of language use.The result of the investigation established that alternating between two languages is a discourse strategy use by bilinguals to communicate effectively, which is mostly influenced by certain social variables and morphosyntactic structures of the languages.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	School of Language, Civilisation and Philosophy
Depositing User:	Dr. Anne Althea Christopher
Date Deposited:	12 Jun 2017 01:04
Last Modified:	12 Jun 2017 01:04
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/22378

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