Code Mixing & Code Switching—A Panorama (With Respect to Pondicherry UT & Cauvery Delta)

Abstract

The paper aims at presenting the rudiments involved of code mixing and switching along with the definition. It also seeks its uses, effects and affects with throwing a light on how it helps language growth and at the same time the possibility of marring the originality of the language. The paper would conclude with a clear tone, to the readers, of a general idea of code switching and mixing, and its different dimension, function and dimensional function with respect to India on the whole and Tamil Nadu on particular.