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When code-switching makes you question your authentic voice

I used different grammar in a text to my friend than I did in an email to my professor five minutes later and now I'm wondering which voice is actually mine.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Constant linguistic adaptation can create uncertainty about which version of yourself is real.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Code-switching and double consciousness?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.