i A SOCIO-CULTURAL APPROACH TO CODE- SWITCHING AND CODE-MIXING AMONG SPEAKERS OF ISIZULU IN KWAZULU-NATAL: A CONTRIBUTION TO SPOKEN LANGUAGE CORPORA. BY HLONIPHANI NDEBELE SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL (HOWARD COLLEGE CAMPUS) SUPERVISOR : PROF N. HLONGWA (5495) CO-SUPERVISOR: DR G. MAZIBUKO (654436) JANUARY 2012