Meaning of code-switching | Babel Free

Definitions

The phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages or language varieties.

uncountable

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Examples

“As with many bilingual families, it was normal to observe frequent code-switching at our dinner table.”

“Within the English language, a good example of code-switching in daily life is weaving back and forth between African American Vernacular English and General American English.”

“In addition, our combined syntax-function approach sheds new light on a syntactic analysis of code-switching.”

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