Table of contents
1. Introduction: Language Alternation and the Study of Bilingual Conversation1
2. Two Basic Procedures for the Production and Interpretation of Language Alternation11
2.1. Discourse vs. participant related language alternation13
2.2. Transfer vs. code-switching24
3. Prototypical Local Meanings31
3.1. Discourse related code-switching32
3.2. Participant related code-switching46
3.3. Participant related transfer55
3.4. Discourse related transfer62
4. Polyvalent Local Meanings69
4.1. Between participant and discourse related switching71
4.2. Between transfer and code-switching78
5. Conclusion93
Notes101
References109
Appendix: Transcription conventions115
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