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English with an Accent

Language, Ideology and Discrimination in the United States

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.

Middle East on a map. 69 percent could not pick out China on a mapof Asia (
Figure 15.1). 65 percent could not locate the United Kingdom on a map. 50
percent could not pinpoint New York State on a map of the U.S. Figure 15.1 Asia
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English with an Accent

Language, Ideology, and Discrimination in the United States

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.

Vietnamese (8%) Other (11%) Chinese (23%) Korean (11%) Asian Indian ( I Kf I
ilipino(19%) Japanese (12%) Figure 11.3 Breakdown of "Asian or Pacific Islander
" category in the 1990 US census, by national origin not be surprising that the ...