Attached is my scale and passage map. Feel free to post your comments or questions. Let me know if you think I missed something.
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Passage Discussion
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Re: Passage Discussion
I am confused as to where the author shows what his opinion is on this matter. Can you explain?
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Re: Passage Discussion
Hi vincent.meyer,
Great question. I would actually create a slightly different scale than Demetri did (sorry Demetri!) I don’t think there’s evidence in the passage that any linguists believe code switching is determined ONLY by context. Rather, the linguists believe that "MOST code-switching...is sensitive to social contexts" (lines 11-13, emphasis mine). The author implies that she agrees with the linguists about this but adds that sometimes other factors influence code switching. So the passage here isn’t so much a clash of opinions between the author and the linguists; rather, the passage describes two sides of code switching. On the one hand, there’s code switching determined by context. On the other hand, there’s code switching determined by other factors (rhetorical effect, etc.).
Here’s the scale I’d make:
Side 1: Code switching determined by context
Side 2: code switching determined by other factors (rhetorical effect, etc.)
The author agrees with both sides, since she argues that code switching emerges for many reasons.
Great question. I would actually create a slightly different scale than Demetri did (sorry Demetri!) I don’t think there’s evidence in the passage that any linguists believe code switching is determined ONLY by context. Rather, the linguists believe that "MOST code-switching...is sensitive to social contexts" (lines 11-13, emphasis mine). The author implies that she agrees with the linguists about this but adds that sometimes other factors influence code switching. So the passage here isn’t so much a clash of opinions between the author and the linguists; rather, the passage describes two sides of code switching. On the one hand, there’s code switching determined by context. On the other hand, there’s code switching determined by other factors (rhetorical effect, etc.).
Here’s the scale I’d make:
Side 1: Code switching determined by context
Side 2: code switching determined by other factors (rhetorical effect, etc.)
The author agrees with both sides, since she argues that code switching emerges for many reasons.
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