The Nature of Code-switching
Abstract
Code-switching is the inevitable consequence of bilingualism or more generally multilingualism. Although it is a
phenomenon happens frequently in our daily life so natural and so common, many people are not likely to ware of it. It is necessary
for a language learner to understand code-switching and the phenomenon through its two categories—situational code-switching
and metaphorical code-switching. On the other hand, it is also meaningful to study the reasons of the happening of code-switching
from several perspectives.
phenomenon happens frequently in our daily life so natural and so common, many people are not likely to ware of it. It is necessary
for a language learner to understand code-switching and the phenomenon through its two categories—situational code-switching
and metaphorical code-switching. On the other hand, it is also meaningful to study the reasons of the happening of code-switching
from several perspectives.
Keywords
Code; Conversion; Nature
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v6i15.5223
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