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In linguistics, code-switching or language alternation occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context of a single conversation or situation.[citation needed] These alternations are generally intended to influence the relationship between the speakers, for example, suggesting that they may share identities based on similar linguistic histories. Code-switching is different from plurilingualism in that plurilingualism refers to the ability of an individual to use multiple languages,[1] while code-switching is the act of using multiple languages together. Multilinguals (speakers of more than one language) sometimes use elements of multiple languages when conversing with each other. Thus, code-switching is the use of more than one linguistic variety in a manner consistent with the syntax and phonology of each variety. Code-switching may happen between sentences, sentence fragments, words, or individual morphemes (in synthetic languages)

Code-switching - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Changing between languages during a conversation This article is about alternating between two or more languages in speech. For other uses, see Code-switching (disambiguation) . Not to be confused with Plurilingualism or Situational code-switching . Sarah Geronimo and an interviewer code-switch between English and Filipino . Such code-switching is widespread in the Philippines. Maya Diab code-switches between English and Lebanese Arabic mid-sentence. Sociolinguistics Key concepts Code-switching Language change Lan

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