What does "codeswitching" mean?

Alternative form of code-switching.

What is a synonym for "codeswitching"?

Common synonyms include: code-mixing.

Codeswitching

noun, verb

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Noun

1
Alternative form of code-switching. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
"1998, RELC Journal, Volumes 29-30, SEAMEO Regional Language Centre, page 190, Hendrik Boeschoten discusses the questions of codeswitching and language change and the possibility of a codeswitching norm."

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of codeswitch form-of, gerund, participle, present

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code-mixing

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"1998, RELC Journal, Volumes 29-30, SEAMEO Regional Language Centre, page 190, Hendrik Boeschoten discusses the questions of codeswitching and language change and the possibility of a codeswitching norm."

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