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This article presents information on the theoretical model of code switching, called the Matrix Language Frame (MLF), proposed by Carol Myers Scotton in collaboration with J. Jake. The model represents the theory which presents a grammatical account of the code switching, in its first formulations. But the model also introduced some problematic assumptions. The MLF has not been up to now applied specifically to situations of asymmetric contact between the Italian language standard and its dialects. In the recent formulations of the model, it has been in fact specified that every phrase in the language matrix represents the field of action of elements from one or more language systems. The code switching represented in the model talks about interests and crucial problems in several directions of search in linguistic sciences. Many people consider that the model of code mixing of Scotton can be understood from the study of various sociolinguistic situations.