English with an Accent: Language, Ideology and Discrimination in the United States

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Routledge, Mar 15, 2012 - Education - 384 pages

Since its initial publication, English with an Accent has provoked debate and controversy within classrooms through its in-depth scrutiny of American attitudes towards language. Rosina Lippi-Green discusses the ways in which discrimination based on accent functions to support and perpetuate social structures and unequal power relations.

This second edition has been reorganized and revised to include:

  • new dedicated chapters on Latino English and Asian American English
  • discussion questions, further reading, and suggested classroom exercises,
  • updated examples from the classroom, the judicial system, the media, and corporate culture
  • a discussion of the long-term implications of the Ebonics debate
  • a brand-new companion website with a glossary of key terms and links to audio, video, and images relevant to the each chapter's content.

English with an Accent is essential reading for students with interests in attitudes and discrimination towards language.

 

Contents

List of figures
Preface
Language in motion
The myth of nonaccent
Copyright

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Common terms and phrases

AAVE accent African American American English animated arguments Asian asked authority basis become Black called chapter characters claim clear consider course court critical cultural dialect discrimination discussion Disney distinct Ebonics employer English established ethnicity example experience fact Figure foreign grammar House human idea ideology important individuals interesting issue kind language less linguistic live look matter means Michigan native never Notes origin percent person political population position possible practices provides question race reading reason reports response rhetorical seen social sometimes Sound Source South Southern Spanish speak speakers specific speech spoken standard stereotypes story subordination talk teachers teaching things understand University variation variety variety of English voice writing written York

About the author (2012)

Rosina Lippi-Green holds a PhD in linguistics from Princeton University, taught linguistics for twelve years, and is now an award-winning fiction writer.

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TitleEnglish with an Accent: Language, Ideology and Discrimination in the United States
AuthorRosina Lippi-Green
Edition2, illustrated, revised
PublisherRoutledge, 2012
ISBN1136597298, 9781136597299
Length384 pages
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Education / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts
Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy
  
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