Which Item Below Best Illustrates the Concept of Code Switching

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which item below best illustrates the concept of code switching?

• A) a navy vet who talks one way with his shipmates but quite another way when interviewing for a civilian job
• B) a child who speaks one way at age three but quite another way at the age of five
• C) a Jamaican who speaks patois at home and at work
• D) a woman who speaks the same way to her kids as to her husband

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Definitions:

Leading Cause

The primary factor or condition that is most significantly associated with a particular outcome or disease.

Infants

Very young children, usually from birth up to one year old, who are in the early stages of development.

Realize

To become fully aware of something as a fact; to understand clearly.

Dying

The process of approaching death, including the cessation of biological functions that sustain life.