TABLE 5.
Correlations between self-reported language switching items.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
I tend to speak only one language in one environment and another language in another environment (SLC) | 1 | |||||
I tend to speak both languages in the same environment (DLC) | −0.29* | 1 | ||||
I switch languages between sentences when conversing with others (inter-sentential) | –0.17 | 0.47** | 1 | |||
I tend to switch languages during a conversation (general switching) | −0.24* | 0.56** | 0.70** | 1 | ||
I include Chinese words or phrases into English conversations I have with others (intra-sentential) | –0.17 | 0.42** | 0.58** | 0.61** | 1 | |
I include English words or phrases into the Chinese conversations I have with others (intra-sentential) | –0.02 | 0.41** | 0.55** | 0.62** | 0.68** | 1 |
N = 70–74 for all analyses. **p = 0.01 (two-tailed), *p = 0.05 (two-tailed).