Meaning of codeswitching | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [C1]
Examples
“1998, RELC Journal, Volumes 29-30, SEAMEO Regional Language Centre, page 190, Hendrik Boeschoten discusses the questions of codeswitching and language change⟳ and the possibility of a codeswitching norm.”
“2004, Michelle Hall Kells, Valerie M. Balester, Victor Villanueva, Latino/a Discourses, Boynton/Cook⟳ Publishers, Heinemann, page 27, What these beliefs fail⟳ to account for is the fact that codeswitching is a universal phenomenon of language contact⟳, a mechanism of language shift as well as language change⟳ (Myers-Scotton 210).”
“We deal⟳ only with the clause, because it is only within the clause that the language varieties involved in codeswitching are in contact⟳.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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