When people alternate between at least 2 languages or language varieties in a single conversation?

code-switching
In linguistics, code-switching or language alternation occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context of a single conversation or situation.

What are the variational characteristics of the English language?

Speakers may vary pronunciation (accent), word choice (lexicon), or morphology and syntax (sometimes called “grammar”).

What are the categories of factors that may affect correctness and accents for a given student?

These variables include age of L2 learning, length of residence in an L2-speaking country, gender, formal instruction, motivation, language learning aptitude and amount of native language (L1) use. Age of L2 learning appears to be the most important predictor of degree of foreign accent.

How do I stop code-switching?

Here are a few tips to find your code-switching sweet spot:

1. Position Yourself around People with Whom You Can Let Your Guard Down.
2. Pinpoint Role Models that Show You How to Manage Both Sides.
3. Pay Attention to Your Energy Levels.
4. Practice Professionalism within a Safe Environment.

What is Variationist theory?

Variationist Sociolinguistics differs from Interactional Sociolinguistics as it focuses on social variation in dialects and examines how this variation is highly structured. This structured variation tells us that this is part of human language capacity, a built in system of language in a brain.

What is interactional discourse?

Interactional sociolinguistics is an approach to discourse analysis that studies how people use language in face-to-face interaction; specifically it focuses on how people manage social identities and social activities as they interact.

What do you think are the factors that may affect you to pronounce a word correctly?

These variables include native language, age, exposure, innate phonetic ability, identity and language ego, motivation, and concern for good pronunciation. Incontestably, it is not easy to give an intact list for affecting factors in pronunciation.

What are the factors affecting pronunciation in learning?

340-341) summarizes the most important learner variables that influence pronunciation learning. They include: native language, age, exposure, innate phonetic ability, identity and language ego, and motivation and concern for good pronunciation.

What word do we use to describe variations in language based on a particular activity or occupation?

Jargon. Jargon refers to the specialized language of a professional or occupational group.