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Wikipedia discussion/evaluation assignment 2
a.	The level of importance assigned to the topic has been graded as C class according to project’s quality scale. It has also been rated as mid-importance on the project’s importance scale. I believe the reason why they labeled it like that is because the article still needs more improvement. For instance, even though the article contains relevant topics that reflect code-mixing/code-switching, it is still missing other information that could be portrayed to provide a bigger and broader picture of what the topic is really about and how it can be applied. The article seems to have moderate detailed study in linguistics.

b.	Some of the comments addressed in this page is the fact that a proper template has not been designated yet. For example, some argue that the “proper” template should be linguistics since code-mixing/code-switching can be related to its sub-fields such as syntax, phonology, sociolinguistics, and language acquisition. This template seems to work as the “umbrella” term. On the other hand though, some people believe that the assigned template should actually be sociolinguistics since the argument is that those sub-fields at some point actually relate to sociolinguistics. Also, another strong argument that opposites such view is the fact that Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Code-Switching offers evidence that code-switching is primarily a linguistic topic. This publications/volume contains five different parts addressing code-switching. Only one part (two) covers the social aspects of code-switching (the sociolinguistics perspective) while the others cover the linguistic view. Such case reflects that there are mixed opinions about which one is the most suitable template.

c.	 One of the issues presented is that code-switching in politics does not work as a term or as a section within the article, because it does not relate to the linguistic definition. Some of the arguments against this is the idea that when analyzing politicians’ way of speaking, many of them adapt different speaking styles which can then be seen as some type of code-switching/code-mixing or even style-shifting. When this happens depending on what style they are using they can actually appear as racist. For example standard vs a non-standard language. Another issue has to do with the Matrix language-frame model which it is suggested as being too long, some type of an article within an article. Such topic can actually be treated separately. Nairobi which is an example used under this model to illustrate code-switching with English, is pointed out as not being an actual language. In the actual article these two issues are actually not included, they seem to be in “process” still.

d.	Even though we have not addressed code-switching/code-mixing extensively and/or in depth, it is to my understanding that this “practice” is performed not only among bilingual people (those who speak more than one language), but also among those who speak different variations of one language. Such situations can take place in any context, but it tends to be more common among those individuals who have/share similar linguistic backgrounds.

e.	In my opinion this topic is related to linguistics in general, not only sociolinguistics. I believe that a strong argument in favor of this idea is language acquisition. Often times the environment we live in and the people around us shape our linguistic development. Depending on what a person was exposed to linguistically when being a child can definitely determine a speaking style such as an accent. If the child was exposed to more than one language then this will be reflected in the form of code-switching among other things.