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social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > sociolinguistics > code switching
social science subjects > linguistics > descriptive linguistics > sociolinguistics > code switching
... > social science subjects > education > education studies > education policy > educational reform > curriculum and instruction > bilingual education > languages and linguistics > code switching

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code switching  

Definition

  • When people with multiple-language proficiencies mix their languages during conversation, they are code switching. For example, if a person is bilingual, he or she tends to use parts of both languages to converse with another person. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Code Switching]

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