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Situational code-switching
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<p>Situational <a href="/facts/Code-switching/130hrwol">code-switching</a> is the tendency in a <a href="/facts/Speech_community/WwjpQgR5">speech community</a> to use different <a href="/facts/Language/IRcTok2q">languages</a> or <a href="/facts/Language_variety/QyllMQha">language varieties</a> in different social situations, or to switch linguistic structures in order to change an established social setting. Some languages are viewed as more suited for a particular social group, setting, or topic more so than others. Social factors like class, <a href="/facts/Religion/cxntrD0R">religion</a>, gender, and age influence the pattern of language that is used and switched between. </p>