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

by Rosina Lippi-Green

Paperback, 1997

Library's rating

½

Call number

TN-7CE.JD-Lip

Description

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 class

Publication

Routledge (1997), Edition: 1, Paperback, 288 pages

Language

Physical description

304 p.; 9 inches

ISBN

0415114772 / 9780415114776
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