On Code-Switching Between Chinese and English

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10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_111How to use a DOI?

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Code-switching; the Chinese and English; motivation

Abstract

Language is variable, negotiable and adaptive. In sociolinguistics, code-switching is the simultaneous use of one or more languages or language variants in a communicative conversation. With the increasing frequency of foreign communication, the use of English in China is becoming more and more frequent. The phenomenon of code-switching often occurs in the use of language or in the process of language communication. The formation of code-switching phenomenon is influenced by objective factors (including language users, physical world and social world), namely social factors, and subjective factors (mental world), namely psychological factors. A clear understanding of code-switching between Chinese and English can help language users or learners to avoid wrong language expressions and make their expressions more native and authentic.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Min Guo
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/31
TI  - On Code-Switching Between Chinese and English
BT  - Proceedings of the  2023 5th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 998
EP  - 1006
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_111
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_111
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