CODE SWITCHING, CODE MIXING, AND INTERFERENCE
CODE SWITCHING, CODE MIXING, AND INTERFERENCE Code switching is the term used to refer to the situation where two or more codes (languages) are used in the same conversation or utterances. There are several factors influencing code switching, such as the solidarity with the listeners, the choice of the topic, and perceived social and cultural distance. People also switch when there is a new participant, solidarity relationship and status. Other switching is caused by the choice of the topic and affective functions. Code mixing suggest the speaker is mixing up code indiscriminately or perhaps because of incompetence. It occurs when conversations use both language together in the course of a single utterance. Interference is the use of formal elements of one code within the context of another. It can occur at phonological, morphological, lexical or syntactical levels. ...
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