单词 | code-switch |
释义 | code-switchv. Linguistics. intransitive. To shift between languages, or between dialects or registers of a language, within a discourse, esp. in response to a change in social context. ΚΠ 1964 Language 40 243 Two (or more) [language] codes are rarely employed by an individual without inferences from one to the other;..ranging from the hardly perceptible (in the case of the coordinate bilingual who is ‘code-switching’). 1970 Council Anthropol. & Educ. Newslet. 1 23 Success in white society rests largely on a Black child's ability to ‘code switch’ between Black American English and Standard English. 2017 O: Oprah Mag. (Nexis) Apr. I still code-switch, like when I tell my bestie that a party was ‘lit’, then explain to my boss that ‘last night was fun’. It's just easier that way. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1964 |
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