In English with an Accent 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.
Rosina Lippi-Green is an Associate Professor of Linguistics and Germanic Linguistics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she teaches courses on socio-linguistics and critical language studies.
In English with an Accent Rosina Lippi-Green examines American attitudes towards language, exposing the way in which language is used to maintain and perpetuate social structures.
- 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.
Rosina Lippi-Green is an Associate Professor of Linguistics and Germanic Linguistics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she teaches courses on socio-linguistics and critical language studies.
In English with an Accent Rosina Lippi-Green examines American attitudes towards language, exposing the way in which language is used to maintain and perpetuate social structures.