"Code Switching Accents in America"

This is a short segment from an introductory class on race and culture that is taught by Dr. Sam Richards at Penn State University. Today's video comes from the twenty-sixth class of the Spring 2022 semester. The live stream took place on Thursday, April 14, 2022: • 22SP Class #26: Are We...
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[@JMF2]

2:55 bro legit started having a panic attack.

[@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

[@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.

[@my2cents49]

wouldn't say most people. Just people whose accent or language is not the same as the population they live with.

[@EchoLog]

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

[@shuvame]

hmm wow this is awesome and interesting I've never heard it put like this before! cool

[@EchoLog]

@@shuvame "language games/gricean maxims" and "information structure" are great things to go down the rabbit hole on!
Some linguistics podcasts like Lingthusiasm and Conlangery touch on the topics.

[@rbarnett3200]

...high energy audience there...

[@nihonpark7058]

that you Dawgs always makes me gigle 😅

[@ankur_bansal]

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

[@ranendranarayanbose7126]

2:39 ₹₹₹₹₹₹₹ 😂

[@user-sw4yx6pd6p]

It is called changing dialects.

[@MusaAbdullah425]

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.

[@ud7089]

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

[@shrusti]

Nah its not American..American accent is very annoying, we genz of India just another Variant of many Indian accents

[@beyourself2444]

Literally everyone laughs at Indian English because it’s so annoying and that head bobble is uncool af…

[@lf1496]

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 🙄

[@De_rekening_a.u.b.]

Sources?

[@nancyjanzen5676]

Sorry child but everybody did it. So if I am hanging with friends I talk with the dat and dose but in business culture I use correct pronunciation.

[@kathleenmacdonagh1884]

How can it be AA YOU ARE AMERICAN. You speak English or ghetto geez

[@MusaAbdullah425]

Code-switching is a linguistic term defining the phenomenon occurring when people switch between two languages or dialects. It is not exclusive to the African American community alone. All communities employ code-switching in varying degrees based on the context of the situation, such as using a formal or in an informal style of speech when speaking in public or private settings.

[@kathleenmacdonagh1884]

🙄🙄🙄

[@existing6881]

Nidhi is just try hard

[@vincentdevecchis8322]

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