Publication Date
12-10-2025
Degree Level
B.S.
Program
Communications
First Advisor
Prof. Kathe Lehman-Meyer
Second Advisor
Dr. Camille Langston
Document Type
Thesis
Medium
Manuscript
Abstract
Code-Switching is a linguistic phenomenon that can occur between different languages, cultures, or dialects. This study focuses on code-switching within the legal field, specifically through an analysis of legal blog websites. Through searching the terms, “code-switching” and “foreign language”, this study will compare legal blog websites in their coverage of the phenomenon. The various websites’ definitions of code-switching, how the topic is written with context, and what implications are suggested in the writing will be considered when crafting a comparative analysis. Individuals who communicate using different languages or dialects depending on situations and interactions are important to understand within the legal field to achieve proper justice and representation. Through a review of existing literature, it was discovered that code switching in a legal setting has been researched, but not to the extent that gives credit to the large number of occurrences there are of code-switching. Most legal blogs analyzed had little to no written articles on code-switching, proving there is a gap in conversation over this topic. Some legal blogs had a multitude of articles regarding foreign language, with only a few specifically discussing the socio-cultural nuances switching between language and dialect can have.
Recommended Citation
N/A
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.