Skip to main content

LaQuette Archives

Filters

 

Search by Category
Search by Author

From Our Blog

Code-Switching: More Than Just Slang

|
In today’s fast-paced society, it’s extremely common to shorten or truncate language in order to get a message across quickly and efficiently. We can see this penchant for abbreviation in things like the 250-character tweet or text messages filled with linguistic acronyms meant to convey broad meanings with as few letters as possible. While code-switching can truncate language, it is much more …