Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal· 2014
English with an accent: Language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States
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Short summary
Rosina Lippi-Green's "English with an accent" uses extensive documentation to argue that language powerfully embeds discrimination and subordination in social structures, often more than people realize.
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Key points
- The book "English with an accent" by Rosina Lippi-Green is the focus.
- It argues that language is a powerful tool for social discrimination and subordination.
- The author uses extensive documentation and factual data to support her claims.
- The central thesis is that linguistic biases are more deeply embedded in society than commonly perceived.
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Abstract
The inherent versatility exhibited in the various writing genres of talented linguist, Rosina Lippi-Green, is as remarkable as her seemingly random interest in quilting. Her ability to make connections with many things, in addition to fabric, is neither coincidental nor haphazard. It is far from surprising, therefore, that this independent scholar claiming “mixed European ancestry” utilizes three authorial guises: two for penning historical fiction and a third for academic writing endeavors, the most recent being English with an accent: Language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States.Extensive documentation and factual data are but two persuasive means of support she utilizes to focus on and convince readers that the power of language upon social structures, especially in the discrimination and subordination of others, remains more strongly embedded than most people realize.
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Field: Linguistics and Language
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