Code mixing
- 1. CODE MIXING
- 2. What is a code? Code is a language or a language variety. What is code mixing? It is the alternating use of two languages within a single discourse or sentence. Code mixing is use of words from two languages in a single discourse.
- 3. The transference of linguistic units from one language into another language (Kachru, 1978). e.g. ap admit hoiye, situation log khud samajh jayenge The intrasentential use of linguistic units (e.g. words, phrases, clauses) from two distinct languages or varieties of the same language by a bilingual individual within the same speech situation. (Kamwangamalu, 1989).
- 4. THE CHOICE OF A CODE DETERMINED BY: STATUS CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PARTICIPANTS, SETTING OF THE SPEECH ACT OR BY A COMBINATION OF THESE AND OTHER COMPONENTS. CODE MIXING IS ACCEPTED BY LINGUISTS AS A NATURAL PHENOMENON OF BILINGUALISM.
- 5. Mother tongue – Matrix language English – Embedded language E.g.: naan vanthapo neenga romba busyaa irundinga so naan disturb pannama silentaa poitaen. Intrasentential mixing of two languages Mixing of words, morphemes, phrases, etc.
- 6. Serves three major purposes To fill linguistic gaps For social purposes For conversational purposes
- 7. REASONS Prestige of the languages involved Attitude towards the languages Sociological factors Motivational factors Linguistic inadequacy in a language Difficulty in retrieval of words in one language
- 8. CITED REASONS 1. Don’t know equivalents 2. Easy to express in English 3. Lack of tamil equivalents 4. English easier to pronounce 5. English understood better 6. Prestigious to use English 7. Used regularly 8. To gain fluency in English 9. Modern way to speak 10. Unconscious use of English
- 9. Exposure to English leads to mixing English in mother tongue speech. Frequency of use of English in different domains also influences speech production.
- 10. REASONS FOR POPULARITY OF TANGLISH Good communicative strategy – facilitates communication Easily understood Easy to express some idioms and phrases or proverbs More words to use - increased vocabulary No stigma attached No hard and fast rule in coining new words Innovations in structure, creative coinages New style of language use
- 11. TANGLISH EXAMPLES Tamil word +fy/ing/fication/s Kalachifying, samalification, amms What yaa too much veyil here Come da or inform planla changena Come to class or you will maatify with the lecturer He was beating him na ma so only pottu kuduthen Ice vachifyinga Example okva thanni cominga