Title :
A survey of the use of code-mixing buzzwords among Chinese college students
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Foreign Language, Wuhan Textile Univ., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
The survey of the use of code-mixing buzzwords among Chinese university students indicates that there are significant differences between students of different genders, regions and levels of English. These differences are closely related to these social characteristics of the language users themselves.
Keywords :
linguistics; social sciences; Chinese college students; Chinese university students; English level; code-mixing buzzwords; social characteristics; Cities and towns; Conferences; Educational institutions; Market research; Pragmatics; Presses; English level; buzzwords; code-mixing; differences; gender; region;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Research and Technology in Industry Applications (WARTIA), 2014 IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
DOI :
10.1109/WARTIA.2014.6976301