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Drawing on multiple episodes of a podcast focused on life as a foreign woman in Germany featuring two multilingual speakers, the study examines instances where German lexical items or phrases are embedded within English discourse. The analysis explores the prosodic, syntactic, and semantic strategies employed during code-switching as well as potential factors that make code-switching in general as well as specific strategies more likely. The data reveal patterns, which underscore the role of speaker identity, acceptance of code-switching, and the podcast medium. This work contributes to the growing body of research on multilingual practices involving an L2 and offers insights into the interplay between language competence, choice, and performance in informal, conversational contexts.","Diese Arbeit untersucht Code-Switching zwischen Englisch und Deutsch in spon-tanem Sprechen, mit besonderem Fokus auf Zweitsprachler:innen (L2) des Deut-schen. Grundlage der Analyse sind mehrere Folgen eines Podcasts über das Le-ben als Ausländerin in Deutschland mit zwei mehrsprachigen Sprecherinnen. Im Zentrum stehen Fälle, in denen deutsche lexikalische Elemente oder Phrasen in den englischen Diskurs eingebettet werden. Die Analyse beleuchtet prosodische, syntaktische und semantische Strategien des Code-Switching sowie mögliche Faktoren, die sowohl das Auftreten von Code-Switching im Allgemeinen als auch den Einsatz spezifischer Strategien begünstigen. Die Daten zeigen Muster auf, die die Rolle der Sprecheridentität, der Akzeptanz von Code-Switching und des Einflusses des Podcast-Mediums hervorheben. Die Arbeit leistet einen Beitrag zur wachsenden Anzahl an Forschungsvorhaben über mehrsprachige Praktiken mit einer L2 und bietet Einblicke in das Zusammenspiel von Sprachkompetenz, Sprachwahl und Performanz in informellen Gesprächskontexten."]},{"key":"dc:format.medium","label":"Dc Format Medium","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Finanzamt and Termins in Hamburg","Finanzamt und Termins in Hamburg"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Schroeder, Christoph","Andreas, Thorsten"],"dc:creator":["Bach, Kristin Marie Howitt"],"dc:description.abstract":["This thesis investigates code-switching between English and German in sponta-neous speech, with a particular focus on second-language (L2) speakers of Ger-man. Drawing on multiple episodes of a podcast focused on life as a foreign woman in Germany featuring two multilingual speakers, the study examines instances where German lexical items or phrases are embedded within English discourse. 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