Abstract
Code switching/code mixing is the systematic alternation of two or more languages during a conversation and is part of virtually every bilingual community. This article presents an overview of the terms and the structural and social facets of code-switching as well as its significance during bilingual language acquisition. Research into language contact and its various manifestations has been vibrant and fruitful, bringing together linguists from all subfields of linguistics. The last three decades have seen a shift in code switching research, moving from descriptive studies of the social dynamics of bilingualism and code switching to looking at the structure of mixed code discourse and its implications for theories of syntax and language acquisition.
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