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Chapter 6 is the conclusion to the research project, providing an overview of the findings as well as further recommendations. 30

2.0 Introduction Chapter 2 Social Motivations for Codeswitching This chapter is divided into three main sections. The first section provides the various definitions of codeswitching that have been put forward by different researchers, while the second section covers explanations of how codeswitching is believed to occur and also the different kinds of switching that may occur. These include extrasentential, intersentential and intrasentential switching as well as tagging. The section also explains insertional versus alternational codeswitching and congruent lexicalization The third section discusses social motivations for codeswitching, such as Myers- Scotton’s (1993a, 2006a) Markedness Model and Appel and Muysken’s (1987) functional model of codeswitching. 2.1 Definitions of Codeswitching Various definitions of codeswitching have been proposed by a number of researchers, each with their own beliefs as to what exactly codeswitching is and what should be regarded as a switch. McCormick (2002b: 88-89) distinguishes between code-mixing and codeswitching. Switching, she argues, refers to “…the alternation of phrases or longer chunks in one code or language with those in another…” while mixing refers to the “…incorporation of single lexical items from one language into phrases in another, and also for the affixing of morphemes from one language on to morphemes from the other language.” 31

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