Abstract:Rooted in African postcolonial pragmatics, this research pays particular attention to the strategic use of
code-switching and other linguistic strategies for relationship maintenance in instant messaging communities that constitute
translanguaging spaces. To this end, by means of a quantitative and computer-mediated communication discourse analysis, we examine
the naturally-occurring interactions, on WhatsApp, of a group of 74 former university classm… Show more
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