Code shifting
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In linguistics, code shifting is an automatic change of language or some aspect of language, in response to a change of subject or context, within the speech of a single speaker.
It can refer to a shift of language, for example from English to French or Hebrew to English, or of dialect, for example from a cockney dialect to standard English pronunciation, or many other aspects. In some languages it is more common than others; For example, in some Australian Aboriginal languages, the language used is chosen to reflect the relationship of the speaker to the person being addressed.
[edit] External links
- Bilingual conversations.
- Allowing for code shifting in eTexts.
- Text encoding Initiative Consortium: Code Shifting.
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