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

Lippi-Green, Rosina

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ISBN 10: 0415114772 ISBN 13: 9780415114776

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1997

Riassunto

In this bestselling textbook, 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 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

This fascinating and highly readable book forces us to acknowledge the ways in which language is used to discriminate.

Su questo libro

Contenuti:

Part 1: Linguistics, Language, and Ideology  Part 2: What we Sow: Institutionalized Language Ideology  Part 3: What we Reap: Consent Manufactured

Product Description:

Book by LippiGreen Rosina

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0415114772
• ISBN 13: 9780415114776
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 304