LANGUAGE

MIXING AND
CONFUSING
LANGUAGE MIXING

When people mix two languages while

speaking, we say they are code switching .
You can call each language a code.
Depending on what one is talking about, code
switching could be a very intuitive and
normal aspect of talking.
CAUSES OF LANGUAGE
MIXING

One reason some children code mix is that it

happens frequently in their language
communities, children are just doing what
they hear adults around them do. A second
reason is that, just like young monolinguals,
young bilinguals are sometimes limited in
their linguistic resources.
TYPES OF CODE MIXING

There are three types of code mixing,

they are: insertion, alternation, and
congruent lexicalization. Insertion
occurs when lexical items from one
language are incorporated into
another.
LANGUAGE CONFUSION

Language confusion is the popularly held

belief (or myth) that children are incapable
of becoming bilingual without experiencing
confusion.
HOW LANGUAGE CAUSES
CONFUSION
1. Whenever a word has multiple possible
meanings.
2. Whenever a single object has multiple names.
3. Words that have NO (agreed) definition.
4. Words that denote, not a thing, but rather, the
absence of a different thing.
5. Words that denote things that do not exist in
reality.
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