Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Social Science, Education Management and Sports Education

A Systemic Functional Approach to Code-switching in Chinese Magazines

Authors
X.A. Zhao, R.X. Liu
Corresponding Author
X.A. Zhao
Available Online November 2015.
DOI
10.2991/ssemse-15.2015.27How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Code-switching; Metafunction; Magazine
Abstract

With Halliday’s functional grammar as the theoretical framework, this paper examines the functions and distributions of code-switching in three different types of magazines from the perspective of experiential, interpersonal, and textual metafunctions. It has found that in experiential function, code-switching plays the function of filling the vocabulary vacancy, quoting and abiding the cultural constraints; in interpersonal aspect, it plays the function of evaluation and involvement; in textual construction, the function of code-switching is mainly concentrated in lexical cohesion level. This paper tries to provide readers a better understanding of the functions of code-switching.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Social Science, Education Management and Sports Education
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
November 2015
ISBN
978-94-6252-122-3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/ssemse-15.2015.27How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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