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Code Switching and Code Mixing

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Abstract Code switching and code mixing are behaviors in which multilingual individuals use elements from multiple languages in a single communicative activity. Code mixing often refers to behavior of children acquiring multiple languages. In practice, code switching and code mixing substantially overlap; they are distinguished from practices of borrowing or translanguaging . Research on how code switching occurs may focus on morphosyntactic constraints, social factors, or speaker proficiency. Code switching or mixing may indicate communicative contexts, mark social identities, or achieve discourse effects such as changing topic or speaker role.

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Nilep, C. (2026). Code Switching and Code Mixing. The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0141.pub2

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Nilep, Chad. “Code Switching and Code Mixing.” The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, 2026, pp. 1–4, https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0141.pub2.

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Nilep, Chad. 2026. “Code Switching and Code Mixing.” The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics: 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0141.pub2.

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Nilep, C. (2026) ‘Code Switching and Code Mixing’, The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, pp. 1–4. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0141.pub2.

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@misc{nilep2026code,
  title = {{Code Switching and Code Mixing}},
  author = {Nilep, Chad},
  journal = {The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics},
  pages = {1--4},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0141.pub2}
}

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