Code-Switching

Excerpts from interviews made for the documentary
TALKING BLACK in AMERICA
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African American Language varies widely according to regional, social, and education backgrounds. Individuals often use different dialects, or styles of speaking, according to the situation they find themselves in or the audience they are speaking with. In this vignette, speakers discuss how code switching, or accessing different dialects, relates to identity and what it might mean for the future of African American Language.

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a production of the Language and Life Project at NC State
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