CHAPTER 1 1.0 Introduction - DSpace@UM - University of Malaya

Vogt’s (1954: 368) article states that:
“Code-switching in itself is perhaps not a linguistic
phenomenon, but rather a psychological one, and its causes are
obviously extra-linguistic”.
The researcher feels that the subconcious mind’s ‘on and off role’ plays a significant
role in code-switching. Perhaps the conscious mind is not aware of it.
2.4 Situational and Metaphorical Code-Switching.
According to Scotton and Ceri (1975:48-49) as cited in Malarvizhi (2006:32-33)
situational code-switching is also known as diaglosia. Different types of situations are
home, office and school. Whereas, Bloom and Gumperz (1972) defines situational
code-switching as:
“They Bloom and Gumperz (1972) proposed a basic type of
code-switching, situational codeswitching, which is rooted in a
socialseparation of activities (and associated role relationships),
each of which is conventionally linked to the use of one of the
languages or varieties in the community repertoire”.
Bloom and Gumperz (1972) describes a situation where a local and a clerk conducted
business transaction using code-switching between the standard language and the
dialect.
This they call it metaphorical switching. At the end of the interaction, the local asked
the clerk by using the local dialect to discuss another matter. Blom and Gumperz refer
this as a situational shift. Some scholars do not seem to agree to the classification of
switching as either as situational or metaphorical. Gumperz himself by 1982, prefer to
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