单词 | code switch |
释义 | code switchn. Linguistics. An act or the action of shifting between languages, or between dialects or registers of a language, within a discourse, esp. in response to a change in social context. Also: a word, phrase, speech, etc., representing such a shift. ΚΠ 1959 Canad. Slavonic Papers 4 179 Sówp, ‘soap,’ after hesitation. Seemed to be code-switch..; spoken rather ruefully. 1986 R. Hewitt White Talk Black Talk v. 175 The code-switch to the ‘black’ form is clearly tied to the specific position of individuals temporarily established at that point in the play. 2010 F. Grosjean Bilingual xiv. 173 Bilingual speech containing code-switches and borrowings is bound to occur in the family. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1959 |
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