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Code-mixing
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<p>Code-mixing is the mixing of two or more languages or <a href="/facts/Variety_(linguistics)/QyllMQha">language varieties</a> in speech. </p><p>Some scholars use the terms "code-mixing" and "<a href="/facts/Code-switching/130hrwol">code-switching</a>" interchangeably, especially in studies of <a href="/facts/Syntax/6PxSV98p">syntax</a>, <a href="/facts/Morphology_(linguistics)/fWkzsYE8">morphology</a>, and other <a href="/facts/Formalism_(philosophy)/FQeLz0Fs">formal</a> aspects of language. Others assume more specific definitions of code-mixing, but these specific definitions may be different in different subfields of <a href="/facts/Linguistics/oQuamvf2">linguistics</a>, <a href="/facts/Education_theory/Ta6UTGBb">education theory</a>, <a href="/facts/Communications/EGEkchsT">communications</a> etc. </p><p>Code-mixing is similar to the use or creation of <a href="/facts/Pidgin/BqJNhPCD">pidgins</a>, but while a pidgin is created across groups that do not share a common language, code-mixing may occur within a <a href="/facts/Multilingual/WgzhSW6h">multilingual</a> setting where speakers share more than one language. </p>