05881oam 2200793I 450 991045772660332120200520144314.01-136-59730-10-203-34880-X10.4324/9780203348802 (CKB)2550000000096760(EBL)958316(OCoLC)798532203(SSID)ssj0000655690(PQKBManifestationID)11435564(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655690(PQKBWorkID)10630974(PQKB)11054388(MiAaPQ)EBC958316(Au-PeEL)EBL958316(CaPaEBR)ebr10545451(CaONFJC)MIL761189(OCoLC)787851113(EXLCZ)99255000000009676020180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnglish with an accent language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States /Rosina Lippi-Green2nd ed.Abingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (375 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-55911-1 0-415-55910-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; English with an Accent; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: language ideology or science fiction?; 1. The linguistic facts of life; All spoken language changes; All spoken languages are equal in linguistic terms; Grammaticality does not equal communicative effectiveness; Written language and spoken language are historically, structurally, and functionally fundamentally different creatures; Variation is intrinsic to all spoken language at every level; Discussion questions and exercises; NotesSuggested further reading2. Language in motion; Changes in progress; r-less in Manhattan; The Northern Cities Chain Shift (NCCS); Lexical variation; Variation in verb morphology: strong and weak verbs; Structured variation: the hidden life of language; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 3. The myth of non-accent; You've got one too; Perspective; The Sound House; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 4. The standard language myth; Standard (American) English; Words about words; Discussion questions and exercises; NotesSuggested further reading5. Language subordination; A model of the language subordination process; Rejecting the gift: the individual's role in the communicative process; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 6. The educational system: fixing the message in stone; The setting of goals; Appropriacy arguments; The results of appropriacy argumentation; Good enough English; Teacher talk; Summary; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 7. Teaching children how to discriminate: (what we learn from the Big Bad Wolf); Storytellers, Inc.The ubiquitous mouseThe wolf's backstory; Talking the talk; Time and place; Disney feature films; Original study methodology; Getting the hang of Technicolor; Lovers and mothers; In short; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 8. The information industry; The voice of authority; Opinion, spin, propaganda; Bad is stronger than good; The 2008 presidential election; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 9. Real people with a real language: the workplace and the judicial system; The nutshell; The Civil Rights Act; The legal processDiscrimination in the workplaceSelected court cases; Appendix: the U.S. civil court structure; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 10. The real trouble with Black language; Grammar: resistance is futile; Style, authenticity, and race; Defying the definition; Anglo attitudes toward AAVE; African American attitudes toward AAVE; Where we at; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 11. Hillbillies, hicks, and Southern belles: the language rebels; Defining the South; The Southern Trough; Sounds like home to me; The map in the mindHostility with a smileSince 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 classEnglish languageSocial aspectsUnited StatesEnglish languagePolitical aspectsUnited StatesEnglish languageVariationUnited StatesSpeech and social statusUnited StatesLanguage and cultureUnited StatesLanguage policyUnited StatesDiscriminationUnited StatesElectronic books.English languageSocial aspectsEnglish languagePolitical aspectsEnglish languageVariationSpeech and social statusLanguage and cultureLanguage policyDiscrimination306.440973Lippi-Green Rosina.164722MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457726603321English with an accent982031UNINA