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Code-switching: An Ethnographic Case Study of
Four British-Bangladeshi Bilinguals

Muhammad Nazmul Huda Azad, M.A. in TESOL (LMU, UK)
Md. Maksud Ali, M.A. in TESOL (University of Essex, UK)

Abstract

This paper reports on a study that aimed at identifying the factors that affect the switching of linguistic codes by the British-Bangladeshi bilinguals living in London and Manchester, UK. Taking an ethnographic approach, four British-Bangladeshi bilinguals were observed as well as interviewed to examine how and why these bilinguals switch codes within a multilingual context (i.e., the United Kingdom). The findings indicate that the British-Bangladeshi bilinguals switch codes for various reasons, including business communication, poor lexical knowledge in English or in a dialect, multilingual family environment, among others. The study has implications for those who are interested in bilingualism and multilingualism.

Keywords: Code-Switching (CS), British-Bangladeshi Bilinguals, Factors affecting CS, Attitude towards CS

1. Introduction

Most of the British-Bangladeshis living in the United Kingdom (UK) are Bilinguals. As a result, the use of more than one language in the same conversation has become a norm for this group of people. Although code switching (CS) is a common phenomenon for these bilinguals, no research has been conducted yet by the Bangladeshi sociolinguists to examine the CS phenomenon for the British-Bangladeshi bilinguals.

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Muhammad Nazmul Huda Azad, M.A. in TESOL (London Metropolitan University, UK)
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London, United Kingdom
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Md. Maksud Ali, M.A. in TESOL (University of Essex, UK)
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Department of English Language & Literature
International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh
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