Code switching has been noted for helping learners to meaningfully understand the subject matter content. Such code switching clarifies the meanings of words, expressions, and sentences expressed in another code through reformulation of instructions.

In example (1), the speaker switches between two codes (Malay and English) within a single sentence. This particular type of code-switching is also called intra-sentential code-switching or code-mixing.

Broadly, code-switching involves adjusting one’s style of speech, appearance, behavior, and expression in ways that will optimize the comfort of others in exchange for fair treatment, quality service, and employment opportunities.

In bilingual communities all over the world, speakers frequently switch from one language to another to meet communication demands. This phenomenon of alternation between languages is known as code-switching. Hence, code-switching is a useful teaching tool in EFL classrooms to facilitate teaching and learning.

Code-switching, process of shifting from one linguistic code (a language or dialect) to another, depending on the social context or conversational setting.

Code-switching has been known since the early twentieth century, when the first recognizable observations concerning bilingual research were recorded (Ronjat 1913, and later Leopold 1939-49). However, the phenomenon was not investigated for a long time.

Sociolinguists may also use the term diglossia to denote bilingualism, the speaking of two or more languages by the members of the same community, as, for example, in New York City, where many members of the Hispanic community speak both Spanish and English, switching from one to the other according to the social …

Code mixing is when someone uses one word or phrase from one language to another language. And code switching is when the language is arranged structurally and grammatically in other language. As a result, the speaker may be triggered into speaking in the other language for a while.

Style shifting may occur across sub-varieties of one regional or social dialect or between different dialects; however codeswitching implies two distinct languages coexisting throughout a linguistic community clearly providing speakers a much wider linguistic repertoire.

Even speakers who live in relative isolation display a range of speech styles – that is, they engage in STYLE SHIFTING. This is because language variation is intricately tied to social meaning. On one level, social meanings and their associated linguistic usages may seem to be relatively fixed.

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Style-shifting. Style shifting refers to a single speaker changing style in response to context. As noted by Eckert and Rickford, in sociolinguistic literature terms style and register sometimes have been used interchangeably. Also, various connotations of style are a subject of study in stylistics.

Punctuation is the most important aspect of style in a language.

The term ‘style’ is used in linguistics to describe the choices which language makes available to a user, above and beyond the choices necessary for the simple expression of a meaning. Stylistics is the study of linguistic style, whereas (theoretical) Linguistics is the study of linguistic form.

Literary style can be defined as how a writer decides to express whatever he wants to say; his choice of words, the sentence structure, syntax, language (figurative or metaphorical).

Examples of Style. Rather than merely sharing information, style lets an author share his content in the way that he wants. For example, say an author needs to describe a situation where he witnessed a girl picking a flower: She picked a red rose from the ground.

Elements of style Many elements of writing contribute to an author’s style, but three of the most important are word choice, sentence fluency, and voice.

• Four Elements of Style: Diction. Syntax. Tone. Point of View.
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• Cacophonic Words.
• Euphonic Words.
• Informal Words.

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Both in popular usage and in sociolinguistic study, the name code-switching is sometimes used to refer to switching among dialects, styles or registers. This form of switching is practiced, for example, by speakers of African American Vernacular English as they move from less formal to more formal settings.