‘What’s up with that white voice?’: The tricky art of linguistic code-switching

In high school, my friend said that he used "White Woman 's Voice" in class speech to En Low. For Malaysian Chinese immigrant daughter, Low's observation was amazing - it was the same bubble she used when she accepted a phone order at her parents' outdoor restaurant.

Mr. Turte, an American writer and broadcaster, said, "In the United States, you will see people transcoding." Talk back to the black audience and send the following message: "I am still one of you." You can see this with Mr. Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey Transcoding this I have never seen a movie dealing in wonderful destructive ways, it is important and valuable, but there are also problems full of traps. "

Over time, I had to change the way I talked (transcoding), as it was taken seriously and understood by the Caucasian. People comment that I am eloquent and good word, but who is the standard? Other languages ​​and methods of speaking by observing body language and energy are considered not to be threatening or intellectual. White is promoted as a subject of validity, the academic space of the University of London strongly reflects White to determine what is academic and not academic and to decide what it is. It is not worth studying. Through it, the value of value is placed in information and knowledge, because the person who owns it is the content of non-whites, the final message is not worth studying.

The review of Yanira's code transformation behavioral survey reproduced in "Yanira, survey 1" shows her transcoding in various contexts inspired by the scope of the principles of language and social psychology. Her evaluation on this behavior is mixed. She considers it to be "awkward" rather than thinking it is "inappropriate" in aesthetics, and acknowledges that it does not enrich her interactions or enrich interactions. We will respect community members, but in this type of language, the importance of the promotion of minority languages ​​has been accepted to a certain extent and highly appreciated. In order to execute various utterance functions, alternate use of Spanish and English by verbal statement and written communication with friends and family