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 preva lence 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
大学生手机短信代码开关分析
摘 要 “语码转换”是指人们在一次性对话或交谈中同时使用了两种或更多的语言及其变体或者从一种语码转向了另外一种语码。语码转换是很早就出现的一个普遍语言现象，国内外许多语言学家从语法、社会语言学、心理语言学以及会话等方面进行了分析研究，论文着重分析大学生手机短信息中所出现的一个普遍语言现象—语码转换，主要是英汉语码转换。文章包括手机短信息在大学校园中流行的原因与特点，对语码转换现象的介绍以及语码转换出现在大学生手机短信息中的原因、特点以及功能。文章最后阐述了手机短信息和语码转换的优缺点，还提出了几点建议。
关 键 词 语码转换；手机短信；特点与功能
Contents
Abstract 1
摘 要 1
1 Introduction 3
1.1 Causes of the preva lence 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
