code-switch

Language: en

📖 Definitions

  1. verb
    To alternate between two or more languages, dialects, or language varieties within a single conversation or context.; To adjust one's style of speech, behavior, appearance, or expression to conform to the norms of a different social group or environment.

💬 Examples

  1. Many bilingual speakers code-switch between Spanish and English during a single conversation.

  2. The actors highlighted how the need to code-switch to fit in creates a sense of being watched.