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code-switching

code-switching

See also: codeswitching and code switching

English

Alternative forms

codeswitching, code switching

Noun

code-switching ‎(uncountable)

(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 table.

Synonyms

code-mixing

Related terms

code-switch

Translations

phenomenon of alternating between two or more languages

Arabic: تَنَاوَب لُغَوِيّ m ‎(tanāwab luḡawiyy)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 語碼轉換, 语码转换 ‎(yǔmǎ zhuǎnhuàn)
Finnish: koodinvaihto
French: alternance de code (fr) f, alternance codique f
German: Code-Switching (de) n, Sprachwechsel (de) m, Kodewechsel m, Kode-Umschaltung f

Irish: códmhalartú m
Japanese: コードスイッチング ‎(kōdosuitchingu)
Korean: 부호전환 ‎(buhojeonhwan), 코드 스위칭 ‎(kodeu seuwiching)
Occitan: alternància de còdi
Portuguese: alternância de código f
Russian: переключе́ние ко́дов n ‎(pereključénije kódov), смеше́ние ко́дов n ‎(smešénije kódov)
Spanish: alternancia de código f

Verb

code-switching

present participle of code-switch

See also