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← Language & CommunicationWhich mechanism limits full language convergence during extensive code-switching?
A)Phonological inventory differentiation sustains distinctiveness✓
B)Semantic range overlap permits easier translation
C)Syntactic hierarchy embedding supports recursive constructs
D)Lexical borrowing facilitates vocabulary expansion
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Phonological Interference limits convergence because retaining distinct phoneme inventories for each language maintains separation, therefore adaptation is partial, rather than complete amalgamation into one system, since shared aspects grow readily due phonetic adaptation.
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