'Code Switching Accents in America' #SOC119

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#CodeSwitching #Accents

[zzpdanny]

Bro I totally feel that. I can speak mandarin both wuth the mainland accent and Taiwanese accent, and I have to switch back and forth in the middle of conversations. I would even mix the accents to make sure that everybody understands me well when I talk to someone from China and someone from Taiwan at the same time. I also do this with two other different accents when I speak to my parents and my grandparents

[JMF]

2:55 bro legit started having a panic attack.

[Razear]

I think most people do this with their group of friends, it's like an inside joke to bond with those that understand it.

[EchoLog]

language is essentially a game we play with one another, so playing by eachother's rules is natural.

[nihonpark]

that you Dawgs always makes me gigle 😅

[ankur_bansal]

These guys are worried that they will be made fun of.

[MusaAbdullah]

I think the professor misses the point and fails to convey the reasons why people code-switch. Code-switching is a linguistic coping measure that speakers of other languages or dialects use in order to gain acceptance by the speakers of the dominant dialect. This demonstration is unnatural and stilted. Not only does it not demonstrate the spontaneous nature of code-switching, but this demonstration alienates the students from the rest of the class by pointing out or exposing the rest of the class to the demonstrators' so-called "authentic speech style". Without laying a theoretical foundation for this demonstration, this exercise appears, novel, demeaning, and unplanned. It reinforces the "powerful, powerless" dialectic in an unbecoming manner for the demonstrators. Code-switching is natural, beautiful, and creative. Everyone uses code-switching. Yes, even speakers of the dominant dialect.

[ud]

Mumbai people literally have an accent
Gen z in India have an American accent
😭😭😭😭Blame YouTube n Netflix

[lf]

Code switching is a term from the African American community. To show this phenomena its should be AA speaking AA dialect then them switching back to Standard Anglo English. The term comes from the Black American culture 🙄

[vincentdevecchis]

Any student listening... run from this rubbish, there is no job out there in the world for this knowledge