3101. EVALUATION OF THE USE OF CODE MIXING AND CODE SWITCHING IN NIGERIAN MOVIES
ABSTRACT: Some scholars observe that code-switching is a rule-governed variety used by members in accordance with certain norms, and often functions as a powerful in-group identity marker (Jacobson, 1977, 1998; Myers-Scotton, 1993). But Code-switching as seen in conversation is quite different from that in song lyrics. Code-switching in movie is by no means a recent phenomenon, motivated by the expansion of mass media that provides unprecedented opportunities...