An Analysis on Code-switching in Students’ Cell Phone Short Messages
Abstract: Code-switching is a kind of lingual variety which speakers use more than one language in one conversation. This phenomenon has attracted a great deal of research attention in the last two decades. This paper focuses on the code-switching phenomenon in college students’ cell phone short messages. It covers the causes of the prevalence of cell phone short messages on campus and the messages’ characteristics. It also includes the introduction of code-switching. The most important part of the paper is the code-switching used in the cell phone short messages by university students. This part discusses the causes, traits and functions of the code-switching. In the end, this paper summarizes the disadvantages and advantages of cell phone short message as well as code-switching and their developing trends. Some suggestions are also put forward in the paper.
Keywords: code-switching, cell phone short message, traits and functions
Contents
Abstract 1
摘 要 1
1 Introduction 3
1.1 Causes of the prevalence of cell phone short messages on campus 3
1.2 Short message’s characteristics 3
2 Code-switching in cell phone short messages 4
2.1 Introduction of code-switching 4
2.1.1 Definition 4
2.1.2 Theories about code-switching 5
2.2 The causes of code-switching 7
2.2.1 Why do people switch codes 7
2.2.2 Why do college students switch codes in cell phone short messages 7
3 The traits of code-switching in college students’ cell phone short messages 9
3.1 Code-switching on campus is a pure cultural phenomenon 9
3.2 Code-switching on campus has the characteristics of language acquisition 9
3.3 Vocabulary of codes switched in college students cell phone short messages 10
3.3.1 Noun 10
3.3.2 Adjective 12
3.3.3 Verb and adverb 12
3.4 The language structure of short message with code-switching 12
4 The functions of code-switching in college students’ cell phone short messages 13
4.1 Remedial function 13
4.2 Euphemistical function 14
4.3 Emotional function 15
4.4 Fashionable function 15
4.5 Rhetorical function 16
5 The disadvantages 16
5.1 The disadvantages of cell phone short messages 16
5.2 The disadvantages of code-switching 17
6 The developing trend and some suggestions 18
6.1 The developing trend of code-switching in cell phone short messages 18
6.2 Some suggestions 19
7 Conclusion 20
References: 21
Acknowledgements 22
