An Analysis of Code-switching in Computer-Mediated Communication Based on Adaptation Model

DOI: 10.5176/2251-3566_L319.470

Authors: Ms. Ruoyu Gong

Abstract: With the development of science and technology, the Internet plays a more and more important role in interpersonal communication. People can exchange all kinds of information by means of computer network communication (CMC). Meanwhile, with the deepening of globalization and the further opening of China, the communication between people is not only limited to the use of Chinese, but sometimes mixed with English. This mixed use of Chinese and English is linguistically called code-switching. Based on Yu Guodong’s Adaptation Model, this paper will analyze the code-switching phenomenon under CMC, and collect the materials needed for the research on network platforms of the author and her friends, aiming to find the use of code-switching among people with bilingual background in CMC context.

Keywords: code-switching, CMC, adaptation theory