• Lubna Choudhry
• Intakhab A.Khan

This review paper aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of code-switching and code-mixing practices among Arabic speakers on LinkedIn with an emphasis on their semantic ramifications. In the world of online social networking, code-switching and code-mixing are common occurrences that provide a special platform for people to traverse their many language and cultural identities. This paper also aims to identify the sociolinguistic and linguistic elements that underlie code-switching and code-mixing on this professional networking platform through an extensive literature review and analysis of Arabic-speaking LinkedIn users . Drawing on sociolinguistic theories and code switching models, the study investigates the reasons and patterns of code switching occurrences by Arabic speakers on LinkedIn. The study reveals that Arabic speakers LinkedIn communication involves code switching due to several factors which includes professional networking, cultural identity, language proficiency, authenticity and trust, local expertise, bridging the language gap and social networking norms.

code switching, code mixing, Arabic speakers, LinkedIn, semantic analysis

"DECODING LINGUISTIC BLENDS: A Semantic Analysis of Code Switching and Code Mixing by Arabic Speakers on LinkedIn", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 8, page no.a65-a73, August-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2308011.pdf

"DECODING LINGUISTIC BLENDS: A Semantic Analysis of Code Switching and Code Mixing by Arabic Speakers on LinkedIn", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 8, page no. ppa65-a73, August-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2308011.pdf