code-switching

koʊd ˈswɪtʃɪŋ
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Translation of code-switching from English into Dutch

Noun

1.

behavior shift

Rare
changing behavior based on social context
Rare
gedragsverandering codewisseling
  • His code-switching was evident when he spoke differently at work and at home.Zijn gedragsverandering was duidelijk toen hij op het werk en thuis anders sprak.
2.

linguistics

TECH.
alternating between languages in conversation
TECH.
codewisseling
  • She used code-switching to connect with her bilingual friends.Ze gebruikte codewisseling om contact te maken met haar tweetalige vrienden.
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Examples of code-switching in a sentence

  • Code-switching was necessary for him to navigate his multicultural environment.
  • Code-switching was common in her multicultural family.
  • His code-switching impressed the linguistics professor.

Translations of "code-switching" in Context ordered by category and frequency

codewisseling

A while ago, I wrote about code-switching.

Een tijdje terug schreef ik een post over codewisseling.

Code-switching: switching between two languages during a conversation between two or more people.

Codewisseling, of code-switching: het wisselen tussen twee talen tijdens een gesprek tussen twee of meer gesprekpartners.

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code-switching: Examples and translations in context

The book explores what literature has to say about code-switching (the 'mixing of languages') against a background of unbalanced bilingualism, language pressure on the first language from a dominant second language and language shift to that dominant language.

In het boek wordt nagegaan wat de vakliteratuur te melden heeft over codewisseling (het 'vermengen van talen') tegen de achtergrond van ongelijke tweetaligheid, taaldruk op de eerste taal vanuit een dominante tweede taal en taalverschuiving naar die dominante taal.

But South African interest groups that are committed to the maintenance of Afrikaans, warn that code-switching may compromise the language's intrinsic value and its vitality.

Maar Zuid-Afrikaanse belangengroepen die zich inzetten voor het behoud van de Afrikaanse taal waarschuwen dat codewisseling de intrinsieke waarde en levensvatbaarheid van de taal aantast.

Code-switching is generally presented as the free and unrestrained employment of two languages with the objective of creating pragmatically or stylistically desirable speech.

Codewisseling wordt over het algemeen voorgesteld als het vrijelijk en ongeremd toepassen van twee talen met als doel pragmatisch of stilistisch wenselijk taalgebruik.

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