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Reetz, Steffen (2022). Code-switching among Qaqet-speaking adults in Kamanakam, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.

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Abstract

This thesis provides a description of the code-switching practices of adult bilingual speakers of Qaqet and Tok Pisin in Kamanakam, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. In this study, code-switching is approached from a sociolinguistic and conversation analytic perspective. It takes the distinction of situational and conversational code-switching as an overarching approach. The categories are an integral part of the major code-switching typologies of the last 50 years and have therefore proven to be very robust. The data collection process focused on two focal families and their social network, ranging from uncontrolled to controlled methods. They include participant observation, sociodemographic and sociolinguistic surveys, sociolinguistic interviews, wiring method, naturalistic audiovisual recordings, and staged audiovisual recordings. This study shows that Qaqet/Tok Pisin code-switching is dominantly observed in non-public settings, whereas in public settings, Tok Pisin is the dominant language. The major factor for situational code-switching is the language competence of the interlocutor, established between speaker and interlocutor in previous interactions through habitual language use. In addition, a number of conversational strategies are identified in monolingual and code-switched discourse. It is argued that code-switching serves here as a further cue to other already present cues (e.g., prosodic ones). For Qaqet/Tok Pisin speakers in Kamanakam, code-switching is an important means to facilitate daily communication in a multilingual environment, where people have different competencies of Qaqet. In addition, they use code-switching as a further tool to structure their discourse.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD thesis)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Reetz, Steffen steffen.reetz@smail.uni-koeln.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-551418
Date:	2022
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 1: Kunstgeschichte, Musikwissenschaft, Medienkultur und Theater, Linguistik, IDH > Institut für Linguistik
Subjects:	Language, Linguistics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Code-switching, Qaqet, Tok Pisin English
Date of oral exam:	17 January 2022
Referee:	Name Academic Title Hellwig, Birgit Prof. Dr. Himmelmann, Nikolaus P. Prof. Dr. Mitchell, Alice Jun.-Prof. Dr.
Funders:	Volkswagenstiftung
Projects:	Documenting child language: The Qaqet Baining of Papua New Guinea
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/55141