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Code Switching

Code switching refers to switching between two or more languages or dialects within the same conversation. It can occur within short utterances and is used by multilingual speakers depending on factors like audience, setting, and purpose. There are two main types of code switching - situational, where the language changes based on the situation, and metaphorical, where a change in topic requires a change in language. Code switching can be used both individually and as a group identity marker for speakers dealing with multiple languages.

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Code Switching

Code switching refers to switching between two or more languages or dialects within the same conversation. It can occur within short utterances and is used by multilingual speakers depending on factors like audience, setting, and purpose. There are two main types of code switching - situational, where the language changes based on the situation, and metaphorical, where a change in topic requires a change in language. Code switching can be used both individually and as a group identity marker for speakers dealing with multiple languages.

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Code switching

Code means a dialect or language that a person chooses to use on any occasion.
Code means a system used for communication between two or more parties. This
implies one speaker can have more codes. People may switch from one code to
another or to mix codes even within sometimes very short utterances and thereby
create a new code in a process known as code-switching.

Code-switching is a linguistic strategy of bilingual or multilingual speakers that is


used to make switches between two or more languages depending on audience,
setting and purpose. It can be called the “juxtaposition within the same speech
exchange of passages of speech belonging to two different grammatical systems
or sub-systems” (Gumperz, 1982, p.59) According to Yua (1997), within a single
communicative exchange the use of more than one language is called code-
switching. According to Titone (1991), “Code-switching may take a variety of
forms: a set of utterances in one language is followed by a set of utterances in the
other, one single utterance in one language is followed by one single utterance in
the other”.

According to Wardhaugh (1992), there are two types of


switching:

1. Situational = when the languages used change according to the situations the
speakers find themselves in

2. Metaphorical= a change of topic requires a change of code


Code-switching can arise from individual choice or can be used as a major identity
marker for a group of speakers who must deal with more than one language in
their common pursuits.

According to Gal (1988), code-switching is a conversational


strategy that is used for following purposes:

 To establish, cross or destroy group boundaries

 To create, evoke or change interpersonal relations with their rights and


obligations

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