Examples of Atypical Codeswitching (adapted from MacSwan (1999), p. 54)

Descriptive Boundaries for Atypical CS	Examples of Atypical Codeswitches	Sources
conjunction + Complementizer Phrase	HE WAS READING A BOOK AND ella estaba trabajando.	Gumperz (1982)
that + Inflection Phrase	Espero que YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WEAR THAT. I HOPE THAT no vayas a llevar eso.	Belazi, Rubin, & Toribio (1994)
have/modal + Verb Phrase	I HAVE comido ALL THE APPLES.	Belazi, Rubin & Toribio (1994)
to + Verb	THEY WANT TO venir. Quieren TO COME. Voy a DECIDE.	Timm (1975)
Auxiliary + Verb	HE HAS visto. Debo WAIT. Ha SEEN. I MUST esperar. Exceptions made for “borrowed” verbs such as in “HE WAS wachando”.	Timm (1975)
Negation + Verb	I DON'T quiero. I DO no WANT. I NOT quiero.	Timm (1975)
Determiner + Noun Phrase	THERE IS una cup ON THE TABLE.	Belazi, Rubin & Toribio (1994)
English Determiner + Spanish Noun	THE barco.	Moro (2001)
Noun + Adjective (Adjective from Spanish, Noun from English)	MY MOTHER WANTS TO BUY A CAR grande.	Gumperz (1982); Lipski (1978); Belazi, Rubin & Toribio (1994)
Adjective + Noun (Adjective from Spanish, Noun from English)	I WANT A verde MOTORCYCLE.	Belazi, Rubin & Toribio (1994)
Subject pronoun + Verb	Yo WENT. I fui.	Timm (1975); Gumperz (1982); Lipski (1978)
Verb + Object pronoun	Mira HIM.	Timm (1975); Gumperz (1982); Lipski (1978)
Clitic + Verb	Les SAID. SHE SEES lo.	Timm (1975)
A switch involving a bound morpheme	I WANT THE BALLOONes. DurmING.	Poplack (1981); Sankoff & Poplack (1981)