Code-Mixing: Structure, Grammar, and Linguistic Creativity is a comprehensive, detailed academic audio guide designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students of English Literature and Linguistics. In this episode of Literary Rides, we turn our attention to code-mixing as a distinct and meaningful linguistic phenomenon, moving beyond casual assumptions of “mixed” or “incorrect” language use.The episode begins by clearly defining code-mixing and carefully distinguishing it from related concepts, including code-switching, borrowing, loanwords, diglossia, and translanguaging. It then explores the structural and grammatical dimensions of mixed language use, demonstrating how code-mixing operates at lexical, phrasal, and morphological levels while remaining rule-governed and systematic. Through accessible explanations, listeners are guided to understand why code-mixing reflects linguistic competence rather than deficiency.Extending beyond structure, the discussion examines code-mixing as a site of linguistic creativity. Drawing on examples from everyday multilingual speech, popular culture, advertising, digital communication, and literary texts, the episode shows how speakers and writers use mixed codes to achieve precision, express emotion, signal identity, and create stylistic effect. Particular attention is given to postcolonial and urban multilingual contexts, where code-mixing functions as both a social practice and a cultural resource.The episode also addresses the sociolinguistic and pedagogical implications of code-mixing, including attitudes toward standard language, classroom realities, and debates around language purity and assessment. By situating code-mixing within contemporary globalised communication, the episode invites listeners to rethink entrenched hierarchies of language and to recognise hybridity as central to modern linguistic life.Designed as a definitive listening-based study guide, this episode is beneficial for UG and PG students, UGC NET/SET aspirants, teachers, and researchers seeking conceptual clarity, grammatical insight, and a critical perspective on code-mixing in theory and practice.

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