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CODE SWITCHING AND CODE

MIXING

Miss Ayesha Ghulam Rasool


CODE SWITCHING

• Code switching is the practice of unpredictably changing one’s


language, dialect or speaking style to better fit one’s environment.
• Also a universal language-contact phenomenon that reflects the
grammars of both languages working simultaneously.
• Code switching is possible in bilingual or multilingual environment but
not in monolingual.
• WHAT IS CODE SWITCHING?
CONTINUE…

• Code switching occurs when a speaker alternates between two or


more languages, or language varieties, in the context of a single
conversation.
• Multilinguals, speakers of more than one language, sometimes use
elements of multiple languages when conversing with each other.
• Also Style, Register and Voice, whether in spoken or written language,
can then be included in a broad definition of code-switching
TYPES OF CODE SWITCHING

• There are two types of code switching:


• Inter-sentential:
• Inter-sentential code-switching, or Level A, is where individuals alternate
between languages while being answered in a different language.
• Example: Person 1: Where are you going? Person 2: Main ghar ja rha hon.
• Intra-sentential:
• Level B is called “Intra sentential code-switching," where the speaker uses two
or more languages in one speech.
• Example: Main Noise sy irritate ho rhi hon, hmain kuch action lena pary ga.
L A N GUA G E /D IA LE C T C O D E - S W IT C H IN G
S T YLE C O D E - S W IT C H IN G

• REASON FOR CODE SWITCHING


• No similar words in English
• Did not know the English word
• To fill the gap in speaking
• Easier to speak in own language
• To avoid misunderstanding
• Other reasons
CODE MIXING

• WHAT IS CODE MIXING


• Code mixing is possible in bilingual or multilingual environments.
• Is also a language contact phenomenon that doesn't reflect the
grammars of both languages working simultaneously.
• Words are borrowed from one language and adapt it in other language
and it is usually without a change of topic.
• It often occurs within one sentence, one element is spoken in language
A and the rest in language B.
• This term is usually found in mainly in informal interaction.
REASON FOR CODE-MIXING

• REASONS FOR CODE MIXING


• Interjection
• Quoting somebody else
• Expressing group identity
• Talking about a particular topic
• Repetition used for clarification
• To soften or strengthen request or command
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CODE-
SWITCHING AND CODE-MIXING

CODE-SWITCHING CODE-MIXING

• Code switching is nothing but • Code mixing is mixing of mostly


switching from one language to other linguistic elements, or `words, from
to create the special effect. one language to other or mixed
• Example: 'They reached there on together.
time lakin (but) the cake order wasn't • Example: Main kal university jaa
ready. ' rahi thi and raaste me I met Sudha.
Translation (I was going for a movie
yesterday and on the way, I met
Sudha). Simply, Code mixing is
mixing of two or more languages
while communicating.

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