Rhetorical Analysis of Code Meshing

English is a language base used to teach and evaluate almost every subject in our schools. Vershawn Ashanti Young is widely recognized to combine into his publications and instructions, his training in diverse areas of arts and humanities. This particular article serves as evidence of his interest in language and performance in African American Studies. First, he writes using African-American English. He puts across his main idea of letting writers express their ideas in the language they are most well known with, instead, doing away with language discrimination of the most recognized form of standard language idea also known as dominant language ideology. To achieve this, code-meshing should be included, as the recent code-switching, relating it to uniting both aspects of multidialectalism and plurilingualism put together in one paper.

            Young points out Stanley Fish’s way of teaching as being racist judging from his statement to teachers, “when students show aggressiveness in their right to be taught according to the language they are most comfortable with, and so declare, “I deserve a right to my own language,” state, “Yes, you do, and I am not here to take that language from you; I’m here to teach you another one.” And get on with it. Standard English has led to prejudice in various ways, an example by Young is that people who write or talk with non-standard English accents, get fired or are not accorded jobs, a fact he says Fish knows. Is code-meshing by far the answer to this threat; to simplify teaching to improve student comprehension and grasping ability in school?

The author uses logos in his argument through the facts. His logic lies in the fact that he believes writing problems of Fish’s grad students do not arise out of the failure of using standard English, but more so due to difficulties in comprehending new concepts and new ways of thinking. This can be fixed through promoting the use of code meshing, which assists in adding style and flavor to a piece of writing. It helps the students of different backgrounds to connect their languages with English and therefore helps in incorporating their grasp-abilities. This is intended for the “writers of color”, who Young persuades effectively, shown by opinions from Victor Villanueva, an American Studies scholar of the Puerto Rican descent, objecting Fish’s opposition saying, “The blended form is our dues”.

Statements such as “But did you read Campbell’s book, Fish? …Is you reading this essay?” by Young, express anger, and disappointment, yet quite abusive. This shows pathos in the text, how he responds to Fish’s views on the examples of black English used by TV journalist, Actor Ashton not being able to be integrated into scholarly writings, therefore no to code meshing. And I believe his audience can connect, and be relieved on the defense Young displays to show code meshing is rightfully appropriate.

The use of ethos is displayed in examples of influential people using code meshing. Such as Senator Chuck Grassley, in June 2008 twitted President Obama using abbreviations saying, “Pres Barack, when u in Paris, sightseeing, u stated ‘time for healthcare delivry’…All these give meaning to the authority of using code meshing, as the influential people make use of them too hence creating a balance to the audience on its acceptability.

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Work Cited

Young, Vershawn Ashanti. “Should Writers Use They Own English?” Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies 12.1 (2010): 110-117.SS