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WP58 Crossing: A review of research
2010
This paper discusses ?language crossing?, the use of a language or variety that feels anomalously ?other? for the participants in an activity, involving movement across quite sharply sensed social or ethnic boundaries, in ways that can raise …
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WP5 Language Crossing and the Redefinition of Reality: Implications for Research on Codeswitching community
1997
In this paper, I shall first give an account of 'language crossing', a verbal practice that has not been very widely recognised in sociolinguistics (cf Rampton 1995a). Then, with a description in place, I shall consider some of crossing's more …
Key words: language crossing