Comments on: A study in dialects https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/07/a-study-in-dialects/ Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:56:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: James Davis https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/07/a-study-in-dialects/#comment-524439 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:56:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/07/a-study-in-dialects/#comment-524439 @Rich

That sounds like code-switching. It’s a pretty well known phenomenon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching

However, just so you know, he didn’t “drop into accents”. He changed which one he was using.

]]> By: Rich Wilson https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/07/a-study-in-dialects/#comment-524438 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:49:08 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/07/a-study-in-dialects/#comment-524438 I used to work with a guy who would drop into accents when he was on the phone. Uncontrollably. It seemed to be a little stress related. If he was nervous about the call, it was more likely he’d end up in an accent.

]]> By: NewEnglandBob https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/07/a-study-in-dialects/#comment-524437 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:03:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/07/a-study-in-dialects/#comment-524437 Not bad. He attempted quite a few.

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