The definition of “code-switch” is to alternate between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation, but the subtext behind the words can mean so much more. Especially to people of ...

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid continues to take heat for comments he made about President Obama and his lack of a "negro dialect." But the dustup also shines a bright light on the practice of code ...

Code-switching refers to the alternation between two or more languages or language varieties within a discourse, conversation turn or even a single utterance. It arises from a complex interplay of ...

Alfaro, Ph.D., is associate vice president of international affairs and professor of multilingual and global education at San Diego State University. She lives in Escondido. The visceral and powerful ...

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It’s been established many times over that Boston College has its own language. When I return home, I often feel that I change my vernacular to suit that of my non-BC peers, as many other BC students ...

Sometimes the gospel sounds like, “Nobody can do me like Jesus.” When you’re the president, people hang on to your every word. With Barack Obama, known for his way with words, we pay particular ...