Encouraging the Expression of Linguistic Identity in Writing, Speaking, and Arguing

Category Code-Meshing in the Real World

Here you will find examples of code-meshing in pop culture ranging from TV sitcoms to hip-hop music, from advertisements to Broadway musicals. There are also literary examples whose authors reflect on their heritage and foreground their language under the pressure of the dominant language and discourse.

We’ve also found some examples of code-meshing where you might least expect it, such as in ethnic cookbooks and TED-talks. Code-meshing may even be found in presidential greetings!

Please note that the items appear in alphabetical order according to the short title, across several pages. Please explore!

“Language and Culture in Society”

Language & culture in society (n.d.). Center for Applied Linguistics: Areas of impact Find the webpage at cal.org/areas-of-impact/language-culture-in-society  Find the Center for Applied Linguistics: Dual and Bilingual Education on Facebook.

“Lemonade”

Beyoncé (2016). Lemonade. New York: Parkwood Entertainment. Find the lyrics here. And check out the music video for “Hold Up,” the second song in the album, below.  

“Louder than a Bomb”

Jacobs, G, & Siskel, J. (Directors). (2011). Louder than a bomb [motion picture]. Own Documentary Club. New York: Virgil Films. Find the premier showing via Own Documentary Club here

“Making Face, Making Soul/ Haciendo Caras”

Anzaldúa, G. (Ed.). (1990). Making face, making soul/haciendo caras: Creative and critical perspectives by women of color. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Foundation. Find the book at worldcat.org/isbn/0933216742

Marvel’s “Black Panther”

Coogler, R. (Director). (2018). Black panther [motion picture]. Los Angeles: Marvel/Walt Disney. When Erik Killmonger arrives in Wakanda and is escorted into the room with King T’challa and his council, Erik speaks plainly in his dialect of AAVE, his native… Continue Reading →

“Mother Tongue”

Tan, A. (2003). Mother tongue. In The Opposite of fate, Memories of a writing life (pp. 771-279). New York, NY: Penguin Group Find the book at worldcat.org/isbn/0142004898

“Not Today”

BTS (Hangul: 방탄소년단; RR: Bangtan Sonyeondan; Hanja: 防彈少年團; English: Bulletproof Boys) (2017). Not today. From the album You never walk alone. Seoul: Big Hit Entertainment. Check out the music video below, or another version with the lyrics in Hangul, Romanization, and English… Continue Reading →

“Permission to Speak”

Harris, J. B. (2014). Permission to speak. In B. Terry, Afro-vegan, Farm-fresh African, Caribbean & Southern flavors remixed (pp. vii-viii). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. Find the book at worldcat.org/isbn/1607745313 An excerpt: As I paged through the manuscript, reading the text for… Continue Reading →

“Phone Call”

Key, K.-M., & Peele, J. (2011). Key & Peele: Phone Call. Comedy Central.

“Radical Dharma”

Williams, A. K., Owens, L. R., & Syedullah, J. (2016). Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books. Find the book here: worldcat.org/isbn/1623170982  

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