Code-switching - the alternating use of two languages in the same stretch of discourse by a bilingual speaker - is a dominant topic in the study of bilingualism

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Most societies in today's world are multilingual. 'Language contact' occurs when speakers of different languages interact and their languages influence each oth

An interdisciplinary overview of code-switching, whereby bilingual speakers switch between different languages or language varieties.

It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This s