code-switching

[kohd-swich-ing]

code-switch·ing

[kohd-swich-ing]
noun Linguistics.
the alternate use of two or more languages or varieties of language, especially within the same discourse.

Origin:
1955–60
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Code-switching is always a great word to know.
So is meaning. Does it mean:
an expression exhibiting constructional homonymity or having two or more structural descriptions
the cultural correlate, reference, or denotation of an expression separate from linguistic content
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