Meaning CODE-SWITCHING
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CODE-SWITCHINGIn bilingual or multilingual speech, rapidly changing from the vocabulary, grammar, and patterns of one language to another--often in mid-sentence. An example sentence to illustrate this process using [..]
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CODE-SWITCHINGSwitching from one language to another to complete an idea, thought, or sentence, often when one lacks the word or phrase in the language one started off in.
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CODE-SWITCHING
(linguistics) The phenomenon of alternating between two or more languages or language varieties.
''As with many bilingual families, it was normal to observe frequent code-switching at our dinner t [..]
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