Code-switching in the speech of native speakers of arabic in the united states : structure and motivations

الملخص EN

The present study investigates the phenomenon of code switching in the speech of native speakers of Arabic living in the United States.

Data is analyzed within the framework of the Matrix-Language Frame Model (MLFM).

The speech of two groups with distinct educational levels was recorded in informal situations.

The purpose of this study is threefold : (i) considering the syntactic categories of the switches for typological comparison ; (ii) the motivations behind code switching are then investigated in light of (i) ; and (iii) explaining the morphological composite of these switches with reference to the MLFM