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THE PATTERNS OF CODE SWITCHING IN PASHTO ENGLISH BILINGUAL DATA

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-I).13      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-I).13      Published : Mar 2020

The Patterns of Code-Switching in Pashto-English Bilingual Data

Abstract

    This study investigated the most dominant patterns of code switching in Pashto English bilingual data. The data was collected in the form of a semi-structured interview and analyzed in the light of the framework of the Matrix Language Frame model. The study found out that insertion is the dominant pattern of code switching. The Embedded Language noun was the most prevalent switched element in the morpho-syntax frame of Matrix Language. The second most embedded language insertion in the matrix language was the English nonfinite verbs in Pashto light verb construction. The Embedded language island was the third most dominant pattern. The switched elements in the bare DP and the bilingual VP are content words following the Morpheme Order and System Morpheme principles of Pashto.

    (1) Arshad Ali Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, UMT, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Anees
    Lecturer,Department of English,Govt College, Peshawar, Kp, Pakistan.
    (3) Ghani Rahman
    Assistant Professor,Department of English, Hazara University, Mansehra, Kp, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Khan, Arshad Ali, Muhammad Anees, and Ghani Rahman. 2020. "The Patterns of Code-Switching in Pashto-English Bilingual Data." Global Social Sciences Review, V (I): 123-133 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2020(V-I).13

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    HARVARD : KHAN, A. A., ANEES, M. & RAHMAN, G. 2020. The Patterns of Code-Switching in Pashto-English Bilingual Data. Global Social Sciences Review, V, 123-133.

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    MHRA : Khan, Arshad Ali, Muhammad Anees, and Ghani Rahman. 2020. "The Patterns of Code-Switching in Pashto-English Bilingual Data." Global Social Sciences Review, V: 123-133

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    MLA : Khan, Arshad Ali, Muhammad Anees, and Ghani Rahman. "The Patterns of Code-Switching in Pashto-English Bilingual Data." Global Social Sciences Review, V.I (2020): 123-133 Print.

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    OXFORD : Khan, Arshad Ali, Anees, Muhammad, and Rahman, Ghani (2020), "The Patterns of Code-Switching in Pashto-English Bilingual Data", Global Social Sciences Review, V (I), 123-133

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    TURABIAN : Khan, Arshad Ali, Muhammad Anees, and Ghani Rahman. "The Patterns of Code-Switching in Pashto-English Bilingual Data." Global Social Sciences Review V, no. I (2020): 123-133. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-I).13