Assignment: Packet of short readings on code-switching, various authors.
Vocabulary: Code-switching, Crossing
1. Have you ever code-switched, even if it's just between a more casual and a more formal way of speaking? If you do so often, pick one example and briefly describe it. What was your reason for doing so-does it match the reasons listed in the first article (‘Five Reasons Why People Code-Switch')?
2. The third and fourth articles (from The Washington Post and the Guardian) both shed further light on the reasons why people might code-switch and also some of the perils. What are some of the downsides or social dangers of the practice?
3. In class I described crossing as the linguistic version of cultural appropriation, but Sociolinguist Ben Rampton, who coined the term, had a somewhat different - and perhaps more optimistic-take on the practice. How did he interpret the social meaning of crossing?
4. What is the social significance of the ‘white voice,' according to Boots Riley, director of the film ‘Sorry to Bother You'? Is it meant to be a straightforward, accurate representation of how actual white people talk, or is there something more?
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Attachment:- Readings-Clipson-Code-Switching.rar