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Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 Motivations for the research
1.3 Organization of this thesis
Chapter 2 Literature review: code-switching
2.1 Definitions of code-switching
2.1.1 Definition of code
2.1.2 Definition of code-switching
2.1.3 Categories of existing code-switching definitions
2.2 Code-switching and related terminology
2.2.1 Code-mixing
2.2.2 Borrowing
2.2.3 Pidgin
2.3 Categories of code-switching
2.4 Studies on code-switching
2.4.1 Sociolinguistic approach
2.4.2 Grammatical approach
2.4.3 Conversational analysis approach
2.4.4 Psycholinguistic approach
2.5 Verschueren's Linguistic Adaptation Theory
2.5.1 Properties in the process of choice-making
2.5.2 Variability, negotiability and adaptability
2.5.3 Investigation of four angles
2.5.4 Code-switching as realization of linguistic adaptation
Chapter 3 Data analysis
3.1 Data collection
3.1.1 The nature of the data
3.1.2 Conventions used for presenting the data
3.2 The research method
Chapter 4 Functions of code-switching
4.1 Communicative adaptation
4.1.1 Contextual adaptability
4.1.2 Structural adaptability
4.2 Language choice
4.2.1 Code-switching functioning as topic shift
4.2.2 Code-switching functioning as emphasis
4.2.3 Code-switching functioning as euphemistic expression
4.2.4 Code-switching functioning as approval or disapproval
4.2.5 Code-switching functioning as satire
4.3 Motivations
4.3.1 Social motivations
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5.1 Major findings
5.2 Limitations of this study
Bibliography
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