Bhasha

Journal of South Asian Linguistics, Philology
and Grammatical Traditions

Journal | Bhasha
Journal issue | 4 | 1 | 2025
Research Article | Code-Switching in South Asia: Comparing the Equivalence Constraint and Matrix Language Frame Models with Hinglish

Code-Switching in South Asia: Comparing the Equivalence Constraint and Matrix Language Frame Models with Hinglish

Abstract

This article examines code‑switching in South Asia by applying Shana Poplack’s Equivalence Constraint Model and Carol Myers‑Scotton’s Matrix Language Frame Model to Hinglish, a hybrid of Hindi and English. Through syntactic and sociolinguistic analysis, it argues that the Matrix Language Frame Model better accounts for South Asian patterns of intra‑ and inter‑sentential switching. The article also advocates translanguaging in English classrooms, linking structural theory to pedagogical practice in India’s multilingual context.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: March 25, 2025 | Accepted: May 7, 2025 | Published July 1, 2025 | Language: en

Keywords HinglishCode-switchingBilingualismMatrix language frame model (MLFM)South AsiaTransformational generative grammarEquivalence constraint model (ECM)


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