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language crossing: a standalone construct

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languagecrossing1 CONSTRUCTLanguage crossingRAMPTON · SOCIOLINGUISTICS

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Sociolinguistics

the use of a language or variety associated with an ethnic group the speaker does not belong to, often in playful or boundary-testing ways.

In sociolinguistics, language crossing refers to the use of a language or variety associated with an ethnic group the speaker does not belong to, often in playful or boundary-testing ways. This meaning comes from Rampton (1995) in Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA).[1]

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References

  1. Rampton, B. (1995). Language crossing and the problematisation of ethnicity and socialisation. Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), 485-513. https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.5.4.04ram

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