It is an example of code-switching because there are others types of code-switching for explame Franglais (French) or Chinglish (Chinese). Also, in Gibraltar, Spanglish is called as Llanito.
Spanglish appears as a result the necessity of comunication between people with different language. Spanglish is a blend of Spanish and English. In the speech of people who speak parts of two languages, or whose normal language is different from that of the country where they live. Some people think the Spanglish is a threat for each language because they belive that it is a bad use of language. However, other people think Spanglish is a result to adapt both cultures and a shows of creativity.
There are two types of Spanglish. One type, in the speech, the people use the Spanish language and English Language and both use two languages, they mix both languages.Another type, Spanglish is created as language that it has it own vocabulary. The vocabulary is created by the mix among the words of both language. In the next video, we can see this phenomenon.
Video Spanglish
