Pronoun choice and grammaticality in Yoruba-English code-switching/Izbor zamjenice i gramatikalizacija u prebacivanju kodova u jorupskom engleskom

Studies in Yoruba-English code-switching have shown that functional heads (such as Inflection, Determiner, pronoun and Complementizer) from the English language are often barred from the resulting code-switched grammar. However, no adequate explanation has been provided for this, nor any reasons adduced. This study therefore explains why pronouns, as functors, are barred from Yoruba-English code witching. Working within the frameworks of transformational grammar and autosegmental phonology, the study suggests that certain features facilitate the occurrence of English words and smooth switching from a code to the other in Yoruba-English code-switching The unacceptability of pronouns in this grammar is traced to the absence of vowel lengthening and floating tones which usually accompany both Yoruba and English words at specific switch junctions. Keywords: pronouns, code-switching, tone languages, phonology, Yoruba, English language Studije prebacivanja kodova u jorupskom engleskom pokazale su da funkcionalne glave (fleksija, determinator, zamjenica, dopunjac) iz engleskog jezika cesto ne ulaze u >> prebacenu