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Torsten Johnson and DeAnna Supplee in BTG's B.R.O.K.E.N code B.I.R.D switching. Photo by Jacey Rae Russell. There are no complex acronyms to untangle in “B.R.O.K.E.N code B.I.R.D switching,” which is ...

Code switching means shifting or manipulating your behaviour depending on the social context you're in. It’s a thing, even former US President Barack Obama does it. But is it good for us? In this ...

As one of the few Black women in the corporate offices where she worked, Regina Lawless took pains to blend in. She donned conservative blazers and low-wedge heels and tucked her hair in a wig instead ...

Traditionally linguists have bemoaned the fact that the general public knows little of what we do because the subject isn’t taught in schools. But that has changed over the past 20 years or so, as the ...