The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Code-switching

Code-switching – the alternating use of two languages in the same stretch of discourse by a bilingual speaker – is a dominant topic in the study of bilingualism and a phenomenon that generates a great deal of pointed discussion in the public domain. This handbook provides the most comprehensive guide to this bilingual phenomenon to date. Drawing on empirical data from a wide range of language pairings, the leading researchers in the study of bilingualism examine the linguistic, social and cognitive implications of code-switching in up-to-date and accessible survey chapters. The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Code-switching will serve as a vital resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as a wide-ranging overview for linguists, psychologists and speech scientists and as an informative guide for educators interested in bilingual speech practices.

1. Themes in the study of code-switching Barbara E. Bullock and Almeida Jacqueline Toribio; Part I. Conceptual and Methodological Considerations in Code-switching Research: 2. Research techniques for the study of code-switching Marianne Gullberg, Peter Indefrey and Pieter Muysken; 3. On the notions of congruence and convergence in code-switching Mark Sebba; 4. Code-switching and transfer: an exploration of similarities and differences Jeanine Treffers-Daller; 5. Loan translations versus code-switching Ad Backus and Margreet Dorleijn; Part II. Social Aspects of Code-switching: 6. Sociolinguistic factors in code-switching Penelope Gardner-Chloros; 7. The Conversation Analytic model of code-switching Joseph Gafaranga; 8. Code-switching and the internet Margreet Dorleijn and Jacomine Nortier; 9. Phonetic accommodation in children's code-switching Ghada Khattab; Part III. The Structural Implications of Code-switching: 10. Phonetic reflexes of code-switching Barbara E. Bullock; 11. Code-switching between typologically distinct languages Brian Hok-Shing Chan; 12. Language mixing in bilingual children: code-switching? Natascha Müller and Katja Francesca Cantone; 13. Code-switching between sign languages David Quinto-Pozos; Part IV. Psycholinguistics and Code-switching: 14. Code-switching and language disorders in bilingual children Adele W. Miccio, Carol Scheffner Hammer and Bárbara Rodríguez; 15. Code-switching, imperfect acquisition, and attrition Agnes Bolonyai; 16. Code-switching and the bilingual mental lexicon Longxing Wei; 17. Code-switching and the brain Marta Kutas, Eva Moreno and Nicole Wicha; Part V. Formal Models of Code-switching: 18. Generative approaches to code-switching Jeff MacSwan; 19. A universal model of code-switching and bilingual language processing and production Carol Myers-Scotton and Janice Jake.

This handbook is an accessible overview, written by the leading experts in the field, of how bilinguals alternate between their languages when they speak ('code-switching'). It provides the most comprehensive guide to this bilingual phenomenon to date and covers more perspectives than any other book on this popular topic.

Barbara E. Bullock is Professor of Linguistics and French in the Department of French and Francophone Studies at Pennsylvania State University.
Almeida Jacqueline Toribio is Professor of Linguistics and Spanish Linguistics in the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese at Pennsylvania State University.