Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
Editor and Book Reviews Editor: John Edwards (St Francis Xavier University, Canada)
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Volume: 24 Number: 1 Page: 126–148
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Languaging Among Fifth Graders: Code-switching in Conversation 501 of the Køge Project
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J. Normann Jørgensen
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Conversation 501 from the Køge Project is analysed for the four adolescent speakers' use of five to six different langauges or varieties. The code choice patterns are shown to function in a range
of different ways, all of which can be described as phenomena that are not inherently different from the language use of youth as it is described in youth languages studies. In the conclusion, the article
argues that 'bi-lingualism' – understood as something which involves two units of which 'mono-lingualism' only involves one – is meaningless. The multifaceted behaviour of the Turkish-Danish
adolescents is languaging, which is in principle the same as what other human beings do.
© Multilingual Matters 2003
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