LL-L: "Code switching" LOWLANDS-L, 10.JAN.2001 (05) [E]

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From: Stefan Israel [stefansfeder at yahoo.com]
Subject: "Code switching" LOWLANDS-L, 10.JAN.2001 (03) [E]

Criostoir asked:

> Is code-switching only considered such if it
> is between two distinct and unintelligible languages?

There is a smooth continuum from shifting between slightly
different styles or different dialects/sociolects etc. all the
way to shifting between unrelated languages, and so different
linguists define code switching somewhat differently: the safest
and most helpful thing is usually to briefly state what you mean
by code-switching.  People do often use the term to refer to
alternation between mutually intelligible varieties.

Stefan Israel
stefansfeder at yahoo.com

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