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(2018) Language and literature in a glocal world, Dordrecht, Springer.

You are what you tweet

a divergence in code-switching practices in cebuano and English speakers in Philippines

Glenn Abastillas

pp. 77-97

In Cebuano-speaking communities in the Central Visayas and Mindanao regions of the Philippines, speakers exhibit differences in the frequency of code-switching on Twitter. Geographic and historic factors drive cultural and linguistic diversification on Mindanao, which Twitter data shows to have drifted farthest from Cebu in terms of code-switching frequency. An isolating geography, a conflict-filled history between the islands, and cultural, ethnic and linguistic diversity on Mindanao provide the basis for the claim that the divergence in code-switching practices may truly reflect an underlying divergence in cultural identity in Cebuano speaking communities in these areas.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-8468-3_5

Full citation:

Abastillas, G. (2018)., You are what you tweet: a divergence in code-switching practices in cebuano and English speakers in Philippines, in , Language and literature in a glocal world, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 77-97.

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