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CHAPTER 7 FINDINGS provided four optional responses: A) “I disapprove of it”; B) “I dont mind it, but I try not to mix (them)”; C) “I don’t mind, I also mix (them)”; D) “I find it natural among bilingual speakers” (for the quantification and interpretation of the data, see Chapter 6). With a view to finding distinctive patterns in the attitude of first- and second-generation speakers to code-switching, the statistical results of their responses have been summarized in the above table. It can be deferred from Table 35 that the majority of both G1 (42%) and G2 subjects (62%) have a non-judgmental attitude to code-switching (“I don’t mind it”), however, they point out that they try to avoid it (“I try not to mix them”). One conspicuous difference already emerges in G1 and G2 groups. No G2 subject claims to disapprove of code-mixing, showing that G2 subjects have an overall more positive attitude to code-switching than the older generation. It is also worth to bear in mind that the highest number of responses given to option B (“I don’t mind it, but I try not to mix them.”) is followed by the responses to given to D (“I find it natural among bilingual speakers.”), which shows that the pragmatic attitude to code-switching regarding it a natural phenomenon among bilinguals is prevalent both among G1 and G2 speakers. Table 35: Attitudes to code-switching in the G1 vs. G2 groups Statement Statement B Statement C Statement D A (non- (non- . Responses (negative, judgmental, judgmental, (pragmatic) purist) but lack of use) actual use) Gl ‘yes’ responses 6 (16%) 16 (42%) 6 (16%) 10 (26%) (N=38) G2 ‘yes’ responses 0 5 (62%) 1 (12%) 3 (38%) (N=8) In sum, both G1 and G2 subjects have a similar attitude to code-switching, which is fundamentally non-judgmental and pragmatic. This finding goes in line with some earlier results gathered in the Greek Cypriot community in London”. While no G2 subject agrees with statement (A) disapproving of code-switching (“I disapprove of it.”), the same percentage of G1 responses (16%) are supportive of that statement as of statement (C) (“I don’t mind, I also mix them.”), which reflects a non-judgmental attitude and acknowledges the actual use of code281 Gardner-Chloros — McEntee-Atalianis — Finnis, Language attitudes and use, International Journal of Multilingualism, 70 * 134 +
