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'''Insertional code-switching''' is often referred to as “borrowing” or “tag-switching”, when lexical items from a secondary language are introduced into the primary language. These loan words are partially or fully assimilated into the secondary language, conforming to its phonological and morphological structure. Insertional code-switching serves a “pragmatic purpose, acting as sentence enhancers or indicating the speaker's attitude towards the context of an utterance.”
'''Insertional code-switching''' is often referred to as “borrowing” or “tag-switching”, when lexical items from a secondary language are introduced into the primary language. These loan words are partially or fully assimilated into the secondary language, conforming to its phonological and morphological structure. Insertional code-switching serves a “pragmatic purpose, acting as sentence enhancers or indicating the speaker's attitude towards the context of an utterance.”


* '''Standard Luthic:''' Il nattu stâþ scaunu. Le staerne sceinando e la luna stâþ foglia.
* '''Standard Luthic:''' Il nattu stâ scaunu. Le staerne sceinando e la luna stâ foglia.
* '''Standard Italian:''' La notte è bella. Le stelle brillano e la luna è piena.
* '''Standard Italian:''' La notte è bella. Le stelle brillano e la luna è piena.
* '''Insertional code-swicthing''': Il nattu '''ae bellu'''. Le '''stelle''' sceinan(d)o e la luna '''ae piena'''.
* '''Insertional code-swicthing''': Il nattu è '''bellu'''. Le '''stelle''' sceinan(d)o e la luna è '''piena'''.
*: Note that both ''è'' and ''ae'' stand for /ɛ/.


The borrowed words can be integrated into the host language either partially or entirely, taking into account their phonological and morphological structure.
The borrowed words can be integrated into the host language either partially or entirely, taking into account their phonological and morphological structure.