code switch
verb[I]
languagespecialized(alsocode-switch)uk/ˈkəʊd ˌswɪtʃ/us/ˈkoʊd ˌswɪtʃ/tochangebetween two or morelanguages,dialects(=formsof alanguage), oraccents(=waysofpronouncingwords)when you arespeaking:
Brenda used bothCreoleand LondonEnglish,codeswitchingbetweenthe two.
WheneducatedArabic-speakers of differentnationalitiesengageinconversation, they areabletocodeswitchintoModern StandardArabicfor thesakeofcommunication.来自不同国家、受过教育的阿拉伯语使用者进行对话时，为方便交流能够转换成使用现代标准阿拉伯语。
- InSouthTexas wecodeswitchdeliberatelybetweenEnglishandSpanish.
- When youwatchyoungmultilingualkidscode-switching between threelanguages, itlooksalmostlike asuperpower.
- Thesespeakersareabletocodeswitchbetweenpatoisand LondonEnglish.
- Bilingualspeakersmaycodeswitchsimplybecause theyfinditdifficulttoexpressthe sameconceptbytranslationequivalents.
- Most of thespeakerscode-switchfrequentlyin thecourseof theinterview.
Using other languages
- Anglocentric
- Anglocentrism
- anglophone
- bilingualism
- biliterate
- code switching
- lingo
- linguist
- native speaker
- non-native speaker
- non-speaker
- pinyin
- polyglot
- render
- rendering
- signer
- speaker
- speaking
- target language
- translator