LINA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Language Contact, Newfoundland English, Code-Switching
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There is overlap between the three could be multiple types of isolation at once. Code switching refers to changing the way you speak depending on context h. Code can refer to language or style situational code switching refers to change in your register in one language depending on who you"re talking to formal or informal could also refer to the language to pick for the conversation. Ex english with cousins or urdu with grandparents metaphorical code switching refers to change in languages in just one convo or sentence doesn"t depend on context or situation why people code switch: talk about others secretly eavesdrop. Expressions/idioms teach people the language talk to elders be more expressive or connect to people. Possible exam question explain why the following example is not code switching. Quick switching refers to starting in one language and finishing in another within the same sentence at linguistically predictable points.
