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matrix language

noun

Definitions

  1. The dominant language in code-switching, into which elements of a secondary language are…

    The dominant language in code-switching, into which elements of a secondary language are embedded, as opposed to the embedded language.

    • Because, in that case, most of the text is in English, we can say that the matrix language (ML) of the message is English and that the embedded language (EL) is Spanish.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for matrix language. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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