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Speaking in Tongues
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Gould, Rebecca Ruth |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | I'm thinking about this while I'm sitting on an orange IKEA sofa in my flat in Friedrichshain, in what used to be East Germany, watching Dexter, an American TV series about a morally righteous serial killer. The series is set in Miami, Florida, one of the great code-switching capitals of the world, and sure enough, the feisty Cuban-American police lieutenant has just said something like, “Oye, siéntate my friend. Hay que hablar contigo and it's important.” My German boyfriend gets up and starts walking to the kitchen. He says, in English, “Do you want a glass of wine?” “The riesling?” I request. And then he uses one of my favorite German words. He says, “Genau.” |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://tony-silva.com/eslefl/miscstudent/downloadpagearticles/codeswitching-stet.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
