| Description |
xvii, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Linguistics, language, and ideology -- Introduction: Language ideology: science fiction? 1. The linguistic facts of life. 2. The myth of non-accent. 3. The standard language myth. 4. Language ideology and the language subordination model -- Pt. II. What we sow: institutionalized language ideology -- Introduction: Language subordination at work. 5. Teaching children how to discriminate: what we learn from the Big Bad Wolf. 6. The educational system: fixing the message in stone. 7. The information industry: selling America to Americans. 8. Language ideology in the workplace and the judicial system -- Pt. III. What we reap: consent manufactured -- Introduction: Our naked skins. 9. The real trouble with Black English. 10. Hillbillies, rednecks, and southern belles: the language rebels. 11. The stranger within the gates -- Conclusions: Civil (dis)obedience and the shadow of language |
| Summary |
In English with an Accent, Rosina Lippi-Green scrutinizes American attitudes towards language. Using examples drawn from a variety of contexts: the classroom, the court, the media, and corporate culture, she exposes the way in which discrimination based on accent functions to support and perpetuate unequal social structures and unequal power relations. English with an Accent focuses on language variation linked to geography and social identity; looks at how the media and the entertainment industry work to promote linguistic stereotyping; examines how employers discriminate on the basis of accent; reveals how the judicial system protects the status quo and reinforces language subordination |
| Analysis |
Discrimination -- United States |
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English language -- Political aspects -- United States |
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English language -- Social aspects -- United States |
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English language -- Variation -- United States |
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Language and culture -- United States |
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Language policy -- United States |
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Speech and social status -- United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [258]-277) and index |
| Subject |
Discrimination -- United States.
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English language -- Political aspects -- United States.
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English language -- Social aspects -- United States.
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English language -- Variation -- United States.
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Language and culture -- United States.
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Language policy -- United States.
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Speech and social status -- United States.
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| LC no. |
96033234 |
| ISBN |
0415114764 (hbk.) |
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0415114772 (paperback) |
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