Date:  Fri, 17 Dec 1993 10:17:04 -0700

From:  Rudy Troike <RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ARIZVMS.BITNET>

Subject: Re: modren metathesis



Sali,

    It is the circle of my good friends at U of Illinois-Urbv

ana-Champaign,

including Braj Kachru and Eyamba Bokamba, along with other linguists from/in

India and Europe, who have adopted "code-MIXING" as = "intrasentential CS",

using "code-SWITCHING" for "intersentential CS", or as the generic name. As

a neutral macro-term, I prefer "code ALTERNATION". What I don't like is using

"mixing" for anything, since it reinforces popular misconceptions of "confused"

and "mixed-up", "agrammatical" language. CS in the Philippines is popularly

called "Mix-Mix". Don and I grew up with pejorative and guilt-ridden referen-

ces to "Tex-Mex", which he refuted with his research.

        --Rudy Troike