Code Switching

Code Switching

What does it cost us to switch from our native language to another one? Why do we benefit when we switch social codes in conversation? How can we best navigate the nuances of language, dialect and slang in a multi-cultural world?

Dr. Myles Durkee with The University of Michigan and Dr. Araceli Hernandez-Laroche from USC Upstate share how humans adapt to signals and cues in order to access the double edged sword of code switching. 

NPR 5 Reasons we Code switch

Whistling Vivaldi

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