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code-switching

Syllabification: (code-switch·ing)
Definition of code-switching

noun

Linguistics
  • the practice of alternating between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation:the conversational code-switching of the German-American bilingual community

Derivatives

code-switch

verb

code-switching in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of code-switching in the British & World English dictionary