Code-Switching — On Having Two Linguistic Personalities

The idea that there are better ways to speak and classier dialects of language is socially constructed

Laquesha Bailey

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Photo by Jessica Felicio on Unsplash

Code-switching is “the action of shifting between two or more languages, or between dialects or registers of a language, within a discourse, especially in response to a change in social context.”

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Laquesha Bailey

4th-year undergrad | 3x Top Writer in Feminism and Social Media | I write about race, self and whatever else piques my interest | laqueshabailey15@gmail.com