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Code-mixing in biliterate and multiliterate Irish literary texts
Bennett-Kastor, Tina
Bennett-Kastor, Tina
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2008
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Multilingual writing,Bilingual literacy,Bilingual literary texts,Written codemixing,Code-switching
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Bennett-Kastor, Tina. 2008. Code-mixing in biliterate and multiliterate Irish literary texts. Estudios Irlandeses - Journal of Irish Studies 3 (2008): 29-41.
Abstract
Code-mixing and code-switching are common and well-documented processes in the
speech of multilingual persons. Where multilingual persons are also literate in each language,
code-mixing is also possible in writing. Despite conservative pressures which tend to deem only
one of the languages in a linguistic repertoire the prestige variety, and therefore the primary
choice for written expression, multiliterate authors who are able to assume a multiliterate
readership may use two or more languages in their texts. Some theories of code-mixing are here
summarized, along with a review of code-mixing in spoken Irish. Examination of code-mixing
in modern and contemporary Irish literary texts shows that, structurally, written code-mixing is
for the most part similar to what is observed in spoken language. Functionally, however, written
mixing often has wider aims. Because writing is a planned and conscious form of language,
multilingual writers utilize their greater linguistic repertoires strategically by imbuing different
languages with different symbolic meanings. A full appreciation of such texts requires an
understanding not just of the languages involved, but also of their functions in the cultural
environment and the historical, political, and cultural associations with the other languages.
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Asociación Española de Estudios Irlandeses
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Estudios Irlandeses;2008 no.3
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1699-311X