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. 2020 Jul 24;11:1171. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01171

TABLE 5.

Correlations between self-reported language switching items.

1 2 3 4 5 6
I tend to speak only one language in one environment and another language in another environment (SLC) 1
I tend to speak both languages in the same environment (DLC) −0.29* 1
I switch languages between sentences when conversing with others (inter-sentential) –0.17 0.47** 1
I tend to switch languages during a conversation (general switching) −0.24* 0.56** 0.70** 1
I include Chinese words or phrases into English conversations I have with others (intra-sentential) –0.17 0.42** 0.58** 0.61** 1
I include English words or phrases into the Chinese conversations I have with others (intra-sentential) –0.02 0.41** 0.55** 0.62** 0.68** 1

N = 70–74 for all analyses. **p = 0.01 (two-tailed), *p = 0.05 (two-tailed).