Cht. 10 multilingualism

Question 1

how can a society turn multilingual?

Answer 1

population movement: new language moved into the area
boundary drawing: can cause linguistically distinct countries to be torn apart or put together
exogancy: requires someone to “marry out” of their culture/linguistic group

Question 2

what different types of code-switching are there

Answer 2

situational code-switching: using one language at work and using the native one at home
metaphorical code-switching: using a common language to paint picture of the story and a native variety to highlight emotions/feelings to elicit sympathy