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which switches may occur, and I aim to illustrate these constraints based on, and in relation to, the work of other researchers. 1.9 Scope and Limitations of Study The study focuses mainly on transcripts of two broadcasts of a local radio show called Update Kaapse Vlakte. The show is on a Cape Town based radio station, formally called P4 radio, but now called Heart 104.9. The show generally deals with social, political and economic matters of interest relating to the Cape Flats speech community, including special events and issues within the news. The audience, mostly Coloured Cape Flats residents, is encouraged to participate in the show as they call in to express their views and opinions or even to share stories. The language used throughout the show provides a typical example of what one would expect to hear in casual conversations on the Cape Flats. The study is limited in that it deals only with grammatical constraints and social motivations for codeswitching. In addition, it is limited to two broadcasts of a talk show and is restricted to codeswitching within the Cape Flats speech community. However, the significance of this study lies in the fact that, to my knowledge, no other study has ever dealt with codeswitching within the context of a radio talk show. Other studies have generally focused on codeswitching within the context of casual one-on-one conversations. Thus, this study is significant as it attempts to uncover motivations for codeswitching within a completely different context, but also as it attempts to uncover whether constraints proposed (based on recorded conversations) are evident in live radio broadcasts. 28
1.10 Outline of the Study Chapter 1 provided an introduction to the research topic. Here the statement of the problem was discussed in relation to the current linguistic situation and what has led up to it. The sociolinguistic and historical background of members of the Cape Flats population was discussed along with attitudes towards English and Afrikaans at present as well as in the past. Chapter 2 deals with social motivations for codeswitching. The chapter presents the markedness model (Myers-Scotton, 1993a) that was used in this study. This chapter also reviews literature related to the scope of this study in order to establish good background knowledge into the possible reasons that speakers engage in codeswitching. Chapter 3 discusses grammatical constraints on codeswitching. Some of the constraints proposed are language specific, while others appear to be universal. This chapter enabled me to identify possible constraints and to evaluate them in relation to English/Afrikaans codeswitching. Chapter 4 outlines the methodology used for this research and provides information on how data was collected and analyzed. The data used for the study consisted of transcripts of two talk shows which were broadcast on a local radio station. The study was carried out within a qualitative framework and relied mainly on a conversation-analytic approach to codeswitching. The findings of the study are presented in Chapter 5 and are in two sections. The grammatical constraints and social motivations for codeswitching, as evident in the data, are discussed separately. 29
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the violation of this constraint, p
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nouns) are used. I have selected a
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has chosen to split the phrase into
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The discourse suggests that the hos
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speaker’s close association with
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The next, and final, switch is to A
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of proceedings throughout the show.
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host is being somewhat sarcastic, b
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also of the ways in which language
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6.0 Introduction Chapter 6 Conclusi
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• While conjunctions do agree wit
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References Appel, R & Muysken, P. (
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Hamers, J. & Blanc, M. (2000). Bili
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Ponelis, F. (1993). The Development
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Young, D. (1988). Bilingualism and
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APPENDIX
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First Transcript: Update Kaapse Vla
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52. Clarence: Wilfred? 53. Suster:
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[laughter] 62. Clarence: Die’s (d
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terrace and so I couldn’t go up t
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{So he got an sms back} to say, “
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then you go from Notre-Dame up the
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201. Suster: Yes Clarence, it’s,
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258. Suster Ja {Yes}, my introducti
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322. Suster = = Nou {Now}, Clarence
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376. Suster Will do. Thank you my s
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a short while. Music followed by ad
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ecause … did I really say that, y
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speaker}. En toe stoot hy nou die m
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699. Caller 13 Yes, uh, I know that
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when I say that you do not have a,
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for} innerly = = 897. Suster = = ja
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975. Caller 19 Hello Suster. 976. S
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