Constraints on code-mixing and code- switching in Arabic and English in Arabic speaking community

The aim of this study is to investigate the constraints on English-Arabic-English Code-switching. It is an attempt to trace the phenomena in terms of matrix/guest language and constraints. It investigates the components of switching with respect to the morphological and structural typological constraints. The present study is important because it provides a better understanding of the constraints of code switching phenomenon. The data in this paper have been collected randomly from spontaneous oral interaction of the Arabic/ English users through observation, conversation, in addition to T.V dialogues and mass media then they are analyzed in terms of content. Code-switching is sorted out structurally on the basis of the linguistic level of language. The study hypothesized that English-Arabic-English code mixing is class bound and the matrix language does not mix freely; Mixing is rule governed. This study took place in 2016 -2018, a number of utterances from people of different cultural backgrounds have been collected to investigate the influence of the linguistic typology and constraints in the Arabic and English code mixing. The findings of this paper include the structure, frequency and constraints of code-mixing.