Definition of Code
----In communications, a code is
a rule for converting a piece of information (for example, a letter, word, or
phrase) into another form or representation, not necessarily of the same sort.
In communications and information processing, encoding is the process by which
a source (object) performs this conversion of information into data, which is
then sent to a receiver (observer), such as a data processing system
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code)
In semiotics, the concept of a
code is of fundamental importance. Saussure emphasized that signs only acquire
meaning and value when they are interpreted in relation to each other. He
believed that the relationship between the signifier and the signified was arbitrary.
Hence, interpreting signs requires familiarity with the sets of conventions or
codes currently in use to communicate meaning…...
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code (Semiotics))
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code (Semiotics))
In the context of cryptography,
a code is a method used to transform a message into an obscured form,
preventing those not in on the secret from understanding what is actually
transmitted. The usual method is to use a codebook with a list of common
phrases or words matched with a codeword. Messages in code are sometimes termed
codetext. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code (cryptography))
In computer programming, the
word code refers to instructions to a computer in a programming language. In
this usage, the noun "code" typically stands for source code, and the
verb "to code" means to write source code, to program. This usage may
have originated when the first symbolic languages were developed and were
punched onto cards as "codes”.
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(computer- programming))
The term code is a
relatively neutral conceptualization of a linguistic variety—be it a language
or a dialect. Romaine (1995) mentions that: “I will use the term ‘code’ here in
a general sense to refer not only to different language, but also to varieties
of the same language as well as styles within a language.” However, not many
researchers really explicate the term in their definition. In this study, code
will be taking as a verbal component that can be as small as a morpheme or as
comprehensive and complex as the entire system of language.
Different between Code-switching and Code-mixing
Several scholars have attempted
to define code-switching and code-mixing. Among them are Amuda (1989), Atoye
(1994) and Belly (1976). For instance, Hymes defines only code-switching as “a
common term for alternative use of two or more language, varieties of a
language or even speech styles. “while Bokamba (1989) defines both concepts
thus: “Code-switching is the mixing of words, phrases and sentences from two
distinct grammatical (sub)systems across sentence boundaries within the same
speech event… code-mixing is the embedding of various linguistic units such as
affixes (bound morphemes), words (unbound morphemes), phrases and clauses from
a cooperative activity where the participants, in order to in infer what is
intended, must reconcile what they hear with what they understand. “
Code switching is not a display
of deficient language knowledge: a grammarless mixing of two languages. Instead
it is a phenomenon through which its users express a range of meanings. By code
switching, which occurs mostly in conversation, the choice of speech alerts the
participants to the interaction of the context and social dimension within
which the conversation is taking place. The phenomenon of code switching is
examined from a conversational analysis perspective, and as such is viewed as
interactive exchanges between members of a bilingual speech community.
Very often the expression code
mixing is used synonymously with code switching and means basically
intra-sentential code switching. However, recent research has given new meaning
to this term. Maschler (1998) defines code mixing or a mixed code as “using two
languages such that a third, new code emerges, in which elements from the two
languages are incorporated into a structurally definable pattern” (p.125) In
other words, the code mixing hypothesis states that when two code switched
languages constitute the appearance of a third code it has structural
characteristics special to that new code.
Types of Code- switching and Code- mixing
There are many kinds of
code-switching. Code-switching can be either intersentential, intrasentential
or Tag- switching.
In intersentential
code-switching, the language switch is done at sentence boundaries. This is
seen most often between fluent bilingual speakers. Sometimes I will start a
sentence in English y terminό in español. (Poplack 1980)
In intrasentential
code-switching, the shift is done in the middle of a sentence, with no
interruptions, hesitations, or pauses indicating a shift. It often happens
within one sentence or even a one phrase. The speaker is usually unaware of the
switch, until after the fact, and for example, you have to find a kalo pedi
(good guy) and marry him. (English-Greek)
The first type of language
switching is known as mechanical switching. It occurs unconsciously, and fills
in unknown or unavailable terms in one language. This type of code-switching is
also known as code-mixing. Code-mixing occurs when a speaker is momentarily
unable to remember a term, but is able to recall it in a different language.
Another type of code switching,
known as code-changing, is characterized by fluent intrasentential shifts,
transferring focus from one language to another. It is motivated by situational
and stylistic factors, and the conscious nature of the switch between two
languages is emphasized (Lipski, 1985, p. 12).
The third type of code-
switching is Tag- switching. This involves the insertion of a tag in one
language into an utterance that is otherwise entirely in the other language. We
can see example, so he asked me for money, znas #, I had to say no, znas #. The
tag here is Serbian for ‘you know’.
Code-mixing is one of the major
kinds of language choice which is subtler than ‘code- switching’, as stated by
Fasold (1984). In code- mixed sentences, pieces of the one language are used
while a speaker is basically using another language.
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