Code-switching Definition and types

• “The juxtaposition within the same speech exchange of passages of speech belonging to 2 different grammatical systems or subsystems.” (Gumperz (1982)

• Borrowing =\= code-swtiching depending on degree of integration of the borrowed term in the base language.

• 3 types

  • Tag-switching
  • Intersentential
  • Intrasentential

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