Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

code-switching

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables: code-switch-ing
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages or language varieties.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of code-switch

Example Sentences

"As with many bilingual families, it was normal to observe frequent code-switching at our dinner table."
"Within the English language, a good example of code-switching in daily life is weaving back and forth between African American Vernacular English and General American English."
"In addition, our combined syntax-function approach sheds new light on a syntactic analysis of code-switching."

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Linguistics.

Inflected Forms

code-switchings (plural) codeswitching (alternative) code switching (alternative)

Phrases

code-switch

Frequently Paired Words

code-switch accommodation Chinglish Dunglish Engrish Finglish Franglais Hinglish

Synonyms

code-mixing

Questions

What does code-switching mean?: The phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages or language varieties.

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