Volume : III, Issue : X, October - 2014

An Overview on Markedness Model

Hamzeh Moradi

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Nowadays there is a lot of research on code–switching phenomenon within three main perspectives which include: linguistics, sociolinguistics, and more recently, psycholinguistics. On the basis of these perspectives, various universal models and theories on CS and CM have been proposed and formulated. The present article gives an in–depth overview on Markednes model of Myers–Scotton which is one of the most significant and controversial theories within the sociolinguistic perspective. According to this theory, an unmarked language within a certain sociolinguistic situation is more likely to be the ML. The term “unmarked language” refers to the status or general acceptance of a given language in a situation or a society

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Hamzeh Moradi An Overview on Markedness Model International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 3, Issue : 10 October 2014

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