Table 2.
Frequencies and percentages of sentences and word tokens of the three CS types in bilingual speech.
| CS type | Mandarin-English | Spanish-English |
|---|---|---|
| Non-CS | ||
| Sentences | 24,119 (41.2%) | 37,980 (83.3%) |
| L1 (%) | 64.1 | 66.9 |
| L2 (%) | 35.9 | 30.3 |
| Intra-sentential CS | ||
| Sentences | 31,676 (54.1%) | 2,824 (6.2%) |
| L1 (%) | 40.9 | 43.7 |
| L2 (%) | 59.1 | 54.0 |
| Inter-sentential CS | ||
| Sentences | 2,739 (4.7%) | 4,806 (10.5%) |
| L1 (%) | 50.3 | 46.3 |
| L2 (%) | 49.7 | 51.0 |
Sentences: the frequency and the percentage of sentences by CS type. L1(%): the percentage of word tokens in English; L2(%): the percentage of word tokens in Mandarin or Spanish out of all word tokens in sentences of the CS type. In the Spanish-English bilingual group, the proportions of word tokens with ambiguous language identities are not presented in the table; that is also why L1(%) and L2(%) do not add up to 100.