The Code-Switching Forum is an unmoderated list for the discussion of alternation of linguistic varieties (commonly called "code-switching"), bilingual conversation and related phenomena. Topics of interest include (but are not restricted to):

• the definition of "code" itself • the definition and characterization of "code-switching" itself • "code" and linguistic variety; "code-switching" and language alternation • the relations between language alternation and other interlingual phenomena • bilingual conversation in general • new trends in the study of language alternation • codes, varieties and contextualization • codes, indexicality and identity • language alternation and conversational organization • language alternation in literature and song • code-switching and macro-sociolinguistic processes • data gathering, transcription and interpretation • universality and particularities of language alternation

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