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Code-switching

In linguistics, code-switching or language alternation is the process of shifting from one linguistic code (a language or dialect) to another, depending on the social context or conversational setting. These alternations are generally intended to influence the relationship between the speakers, for example, suggesting that they may share identities based…

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Code-switching in language education

Code-switching in remote settings

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Code-switching

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related to African-American English and Standard English · 27
Code-switching → AAVE, African American, African American English, African-American Vernacular English, Age, American, An, As, Children, Craig, English, For, George Zimmerman, In, Invariant, King, Notably, Questions, Rachel Jeantel's, Rickford
see also · 25
Code-switching → Ability, Adoption, American, Anzaldua, Bibliography, Cantonese, Cen Williams, Coexistence, Cultural, English, Form, GibraltarMacaronic, Hegemony, Hong Kong, Hong KongCultural, Influence, Language, Linguistic, Linguistics, Political
related to References · 24
Code-switching → Ability, Adoption, American, Anzaldua, Bibliography, Cantonese, Cen Williams, Coexistence, Cultural, English, Form, GibraltarMacaronic, Hegemony, Hong Kong, Hong KongCultural, Influence, Language, Linguistic, Political, Set
related to Code-switching in remote settings · 21
Code-switching → Cambridge University, COVID-19, Discord, Due, English, Finally, However, Hurricane Irma, Likewise, Looking, Potential, Remote, Spanish, The, They, This, To, Tweets, Twitter, Writing
related to Types · 21
Code-switching → Ani, But, English, He's, Here, In Assyrian-English, In Shona-English, In Spanish-English, Intersentential, Intra-sentential, Intra-word, It, La, Mexico, México, Scholars, Shona, Tag-switching, The, Those
related to Rationale · 16
Code-switching → Afrobarometer, Alternating, Clarification, English, For, Group, Lexical, People, Quoting, Solidarity, There, This, To, Unconscious, When, While
related to Use · 15
Code-switching → African American Vernacular English, Anthropologists, He, In, Linguists, Lévi-Strauss, Results Conf, Roman Jakobson, Sebeok, Since, Such, The, This, Voegelin, William Freeman Twaddell
has application · 14
Code-switching → According, Although, Assuming, Barbara Mellix, Emily Machado, Ena Lee, English, Grace Cornell Gonzales, In, Linguists, Some, Steve Marshall, The, This
related to Bilingual disadvantage · 14
Code-switching → According, American, Barbara Mellix, Despite, During, Ena Lee, English, For, It, Multilingual, Oftentimes, On, Steve Marshall, The
related to Hopi and Tewa · 12
Code-switching → Arizona Tewa, English, His, Hopi, Hopi Reservation, Hopi-related, In, Kroskrity, Researcher Paul Kroskrity, Speaker, Tewa, They

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Code-switchingis aact of using multiple languages together0.90text
Code-switchingis ause of more than one linguistic variety in a manner consistent with the syntax and phonology of each variety.Code-switching may happen between sentences0.90text
Code-switchingis auseful tool for people to talk and act more like those around them.To get something0.90text
Code-switchingis apowerful tool for making clarifications in many cases0.90text
Code-switchingis aharmful0.90text
Code-switchingis ainfluential theory of the grammar of code-switching0.90text
Code-switchingis awriting tool that many people use in order to communicate with similar people whenever they are struggling with formulating words or ideas.Bilingual disadvantageDespite the adva…0.90text
Code-switchingis awriting tool that many people use in order to communicate with similar people whenever they are struggling with formulating words or ideas0.90text
Code-switchingis acommon social practice among adults0.90text
Code-switchingis acommon social practice0.90text
politiciansinstance ofwhen performed by public figures0.80text
are sometimes criticized as signaling inauthenticity or insincerity.The terminstance ofwhen performed by public figures0.80text

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