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A dual-structure analysis of morphosyntactic doubling in code switching

Hicks, Caleb

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Title
A dual-structure analysis of morphosyntactic doubling in code switching
Author(s)
Hicks, Caleb
Issue Date
2012-12-13
Keyword(s)
  • Code switching
  • Morphosyntax
  • English
  • Hindi
  • Japanese
  • French
  • Spanish
Abstract
Code switches in which a single morphosyntactic element is produced twice have been noted in code switching literature (Poplack et al. 1989, Sankoff et al. 1990, Myers-Scotton 1993, Nishimura 1995), but explication of their syntactic structure has remained elusive. In this paper, I present a structural analysis of morphosyntactic doubling in code switching inspired by Sadock’s (1991) dual-structure model of the morphosyntactic interface. I argue that certain code switches have an “upper structure,” representing one source language, and a “lower structure,” representing the other. Elements in the corresponding trees which are not shared by both structures are doubled.
Publisher
Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ISSN
0049-2388
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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Copyright © 2012 Caleb Hicks

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