LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
INTRODUCTION
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term code-switching refers to a person changing languages or dialects throughout a single conversation and sometimes even over the course of a single sentence. This sociolinguistic concept-sometimes also referred to as “code-mixing”-applies to both monolingual and bilingual speakers.
Detailed explanation-2: -What is code-switching? Code switching is the ways in which a member of an underrepresented group (consciously or unconsciously) adjusts their language, syntax, grammatical structure, behavior, and appearance to fit into the dominant culture.
Detailed explanation-3: -Alternating between two or more languages or language varieties/dialects in the context of a single conversation. Using elements of more than one language when conversing in a manner that is consistent with the syntax, morphology, and phonology of each language or dialect.