Thai-English codeswitching: a Hawaiʻi case study

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Title:	Thai-English codeswitching: a Hawaiʻi case study
Author:	Suraratdecha, Sumittra
Date:	2005
Description:	Mode of access: World Wide Web. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2005. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 176-185). Electronic reproduction. "Over the last three decades, the study of codeswitching has attracted many data-oriented and theory-oriented sociolinguists and syntacticians. It provides an avenue to understanding the relationship between social processes and linguistic forms. In this vein, the present study examines Thai/English codeswitching practiced by a group of Thai people in Hawai'i from two perspectives: sociolinguistic as well as syntactic. In this study, different theoretical models are tested against each aspect of codeswitching. ..."--Abstract. Also available by subscription via World Wide Web xv, 185 leaves, bound ill. 29 cm
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URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/11704
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Keywords:	Code switching (Linguistics) -- Hawaii, English language -- Social aspects, Thai language -- Social aspects, Bilingualism, Discourse analysis