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Research on Code-mixing Phenomenon in Social App Little Red Book

Xin Zhang

Abstract


Code-mixing is regarded as using two or more languages in daily interaction.The goal of this study is to examine the function of the code-mixing phenomenon in the Chinese social app Little Red Book.With an analysis of the types of codemixing in user posts,the findings indicate the dominant type of Chinese–English code-mixing is insertion and reasons for the use of code-mixing,driven by the Principle of Economy,availability,specificity and the desire to convey modernity and fashion.As a result,code-mixing in Little Red Book is a multifaceted phenomenon Influenced by linguistic,social,and cultural factors.

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Code-mixing;Little Red Book;Insertion;Principle of Economy

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v8i3.13148

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