Questions tagged [code-switching]
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Why is adjusting one's accent less prevalent in English?
Native English speakers usually use their natural accent, and almost never switch to a more common dialect. Most English speakers probably can do a good impression of say, standard American or ...
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Are there any studies on whether code-switching happens more amongst more closely related languages?
I've been looking pretty diligently to try to find any studies that may point to any information regarding code-switching and its frequency among different types of languages, but am not having a lot ...
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How to do an interlinear glossing to sentences written in two languages at the same time, e.g. sentences with code-switching?
I have sentences written in German and in the German sentences there are some Italian words and/or morphemes to find. It is like code-switching: When you start talking in German, then a word does not ...
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How distinct do two language varieties need to be in order to consider their alternating usage to be an act of code-switching?
I was recently thinking about code-switching (i.e. switching between languages within a sentence, social exchange, phrase, etc.) Would switching between dialects or accents of the same language under ...
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Language policies in education for Switzerland
In Switzerland there are 4 official languages, Italian, French, German and Romensch.
How are the education laws on the places where each one of these languages is spoken? Do the public schools ...
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How far can we decide if there's a code-switching?
How far can we know about the appearance of code-switching?
I have an example to ask.
Saya baru membeli Honda CRV.
In Indonesian, the way to say the letters C, R, and V are cé, ér, and vé. But what ...
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In multilingual dialogues, which factors determine the language the speaker chooses for a given word or phrase?
As is the case in many households, my wife and I are both fluent in two languages to the degree that we speak to each other without a conscious thought as to which language we are using. We often ...
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