What exactly is code-switching? Many of us may do it and not even realize it. Others may have never heard this term before, and some others may not acknowledge it as a real thing. Usually groups in ...

正直な言葉や素の言葉を、私は“すっぴん言葉”と呼んでいるのですが、着飾らない言葉というのは、相手にとっても、そして周りにいる人に対しても好意的な反応を示すケースが多い。その分かりやすい言葉が、タメ口なのです。 目上の人や好意を寄せて ...

Code-switching may be a survival strategy but ‘culture coding’ can be a superpower Code switching prevents people from feeling like they can be themselves, but culture coding is a heightened form of ...

August 28 is the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. I often re-read the speech. Not just for the message — which remains saddeningly relevant some 60 years ...

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 ...

The Penn janitorial employee wipes down your table after you and your friends finish lunch in Houston Market, clearing the mess you left behind. You, seemingly the only one in your group to ...

The past few years has seen heightened awareness about diversity in the workplace, the importance of valuing cultural differences, and the idea that every employee should be able to bring their “whole ...