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Definition (Hannah): Mock language is the intentional use of a language not spoken by the speaker to reinforce the speaker's language ideology. The speaker is being unintentionally racist: using words outside their native language neglects context of the conversion, meaning of the word or phrase, or conceptual knowledge including historical injustices to the borrowed language's culture, and physical surroundings.

Language ideology is the public opinions surrounding an idea. When using mock language, the speaker is showing their 'cosmopolitanism' or global knowledge.

One dominant language ideology is that English should be the only language spoken. Mock language reinforces this, as it takes language and culture out of context to show the speaker's worldly knowledge.

History (Will):  The term "Mock-Spanish" was popularized by in the 1990's. This lead to other languages being referred to as "Mock-Languages." Increasing globalization in modern history has contributed significantly to the spreading and study of Mock-Language in Linguistic Anthropology.

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Implications of Study (Will): It is important to study Mock-Language in order to preserve the original foundations of languages or dialects that have become subject to the pressure of globalization. The study of Mock-Language also reveals several powerful racial ideologies.

Example (Hannah): Popular T-shirts for young women with the saying "namaste in bed". This borrows the traditional greeting from Hindi and makes it into a pun of the slang term "imma stay in bed". It also associates the Hindi word as a yoga term, though this is misappropriation as it is a term used for greeting, not concluding a yoga session.

Example (Meiwen): It has been adapted in society for people to code switch between languages but there is a boundary where "speaking" the language is inauthentic and distasteful. People tend to say "el" or add an "o" at the end of words as if they are speaking spanish. ex) el-cheap-o, no problem-o.