TY - BOOK AU - Muysken, Pieter TI - Bilingual speech: a typology of code-mixing SN - 0-521-77168-4 AV - P115.3 M89 PY - 2000/// CY - Estados Unidos PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Lingüística KW - Cambio de código KW - Lenguas en contacto N2 - Code-switching -the alternating use of several languages by bilingual speakers- does not usually indicate lack of competence on the part of the speaker in any of the languages concerned, but results from complex bilingual skills. This volume brings together the main strands of current research in four major areas: the policy implications of code-switching in specific institutional and community settings; the perspective of social theory on code-switching as a form of speech behaviour in particular social contexts; the grammatical analysis of code-switching; and the implications of code-switching in processing and development ER -