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Grammatical Distinction Between Code-Switching and Lexical Borrowing

An isolated word from another language may be lexical borrowing and does not by itself demonstrate broader knowledge of that language's grammar. Analyses distinguish lexical borrowing from code-switching by examining how material from each language is integrated into a sentence's grammatical structure. The Matrix Language Frame model provides one account: one language supplies the grammatical frame while elements from another language are embedded within it.

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Updated 2026-09-19

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