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6.2 Recommendations<br />

Due to <strong>the</strong> small-scale, limited nature <strong>of</strong> this study, I recommend that fur<strong>the</strong>r<br />

research be carried out on English/Afrikaans codeswitching, so as to provide<br />

fur<strong>the</strong>r insight into social <strong>motivations</strong> <strong>for</strong> codeswitching, particularly within <strong>the</strong><br />

Cape Flats speech community.<br />

I recommend that fur<strong>the</strong>r studies also be conducted on <strong>grammatical</strong> <strong>constraints</strong> on<br />

codeswitching. The data <strong>for</strong> this research was limited to only two episodes <strong>of</strong> a<br />

talk show. Thus, fur<strong>the</strong>r research needs to be conducted across a variety <strong>of</strong><br />

settings, in order to provide a more concrete set <strong>of</strong> <strong>grammatical</strong> <strong>constraints</strong> <strong>for</strong><br />

English/Afrikaans codeswitching.<br />

In addition, future studies related to both social <strong>motivations</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>grammatical</strong><br />

<strong>constraints</strong> on codeswitching should focus on <strong>the</strong> occurrence <strong>of</strong> this linguistic<br />

phenomenon within o<strong>the</strong>r media. Codeswitching is evident in <strong>the</strong> print media –<br />

with newspapers such as Die Son <strong>and</strong> The Daily Voice becoming extremely<br />

popular – <strong>and</strong> is also becoming a part <strong>of</strong> both print <strong>and</strong> television advertisements.<br />

Thus, I believe it necessary to investigate <strong>the</strong> occurrence <strong>of</strong> codeswitching, not<br />

only in relation to interpersonally based casual conversations, but as also with<br />

regard to <strong>the</strong> functions it serves within <strong>the</strong> general media today.<br />

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