Switching in Urban Wolof : a Case for Violable Constraints in Syntax
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Well-attested cross-linguistically the phenomenon appears to be constrained – not every possible intermixing of a pair of languages is allowed within a sentence. However, a certain amount of variation in CS patterns has already been documented cross-linguistically. A satisfactory account of CS thus raises (at least) the following theoretical questions: First, can an account be provided in terms of general principles of the grammar that are independent of CS, namely the principles of UG known to govern any natural language or does it require principles at work when two languages get mixed? Second, should the principles – be they
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