In:Spanish in Contact: Policy, Social and Linguistic Inquiries
Edited by Kim Potowski and Richard Cameron
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 22] 2007
► pp. 173–189
10. “Baby I'm Sorry, te juro, I'm Sorry”
Subjetivización versus objetivización mediante el cambio de códigos inglés/español en la letra de una canción de bachata actual
Published online: 16 July 2007
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.22.14ohl
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.22.14ohl
Focusing on code switching in the Spanish-English lyrics ofbachatasongs, we find that speakers/singers use code switching stylistically to achieve the effect of subjectification. According to Bürki (2003: 91), subjectification, in contrast to objectification, occurs when speakers achieve a degree of increased or decreased emotional involvement by switching from one language to another. In other words, a degree of identification with or distance from may be indexed and brought about by an expressive code switch. These types of switches are investigated here.
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