In this paper I would like to expound a matter of utmost controversy in the field of linguistics, namely that of bilingualism and code-mixing in close relation to English and French. Another issue related to this phenomenon worth researching is that of the speaker`s choice of using foreign terms over his native language words or expressions and the factors that trigger the code-switching Nonetheless, an analysis from the vantage point of sociolinguistics and the history of the English language should endorse the theoretical grid of the paper.

sociolinguistics; bilingualism; code-mixing

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