"matrix language" meaning in English

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        {
          "ref": "2005 December 4, David Luna, Dawn Lerman, Lauren A. Peracchio, “Structural Constraints in Code-Switched Advertising”, in Journal of Consumer Research, volume 32, number 3, →DOI",
          "text": "Because, in that case, most of the text is in English, we can say that the matrix language (ML) of the message is English and that the embedded language (EL) is Spanish.",
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        "The dominant language in code-switching, into which elements of a secondary language are embedded, as opposed to the embedded language."
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          "code-switching",
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          "embed",
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          "embedded language",
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        "(linguistics) The dominant language in code-switching, into which elements of a secondary language are embedded, as opposed to the embedded language."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
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  "word": "matrix language"
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        "The dominant language in code-switching, into which elements of a secondary language are embedded, as opposed to the embedded language."
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        "(linguistics) The dominant language in code-switching, into which elements of a secondary language are embedded, as opposed to the embedded language."
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