The conversation of young basque native speakers on line and face to face. The case of code switching Basque-Spanish
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The objective of this article is to analyze the Code Switching (CS) of Basque native speakers in casual conversation and in their communication by whatsapp. As a summary we try to answer these questions: What CS pattern can be identified among young Basque speakers? What cultural, psychological, educational, grammatical factors are involved in the youth CS? What are the causes of CS? The results show that CS is a linguistic fact that is absolutely not marked. The functions performed by CS are different: reiteration, humour, references in another language, the change of role, emphasis and the expression of emotion, among others.
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