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Author Stanford, Nichole, 1977-

Title Good God but you smart! : language prejudice and upwardly mobile Cajuns / Nichole Stanford
Published Logan : Utah State University Press, [2016]

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Contents Sexy ass Cajuns: the complicated reasons we comply -- Bas class: Cajuns and the U.S. class system -- "I will not speak French. i will not speak French" : the grand derangement du langue -- Don't blame teachers (not too-too much) : code censoring in classrooms -- Beyond classrooms : debunking the language myths
Summary "First comprehensive book in Composition Studies to examine educational and linguistic assimilation, as well as the local languages--Louisiana French and prevalent Cajun English--of Cajuns and explores the subtle ways grammar snobbery, from classrooms to families to pop culture references, is used to justify systemic inequality"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject English language -- Dialects -- Social aspects
Sociolinguistics -- Louisiana
English language -- Dialects -- Louisiana
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
English language -- Dialects
English language -- Dialects -- Social aspects
Sociolinguistics
Louisiana
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781607325086
160732508X