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."--Provided by publisher Front Cover......Page 1 English with an Accent......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 List of figures......Page 12 List of tables......Page 15 Preface......Page 16 Acknowledgements......Page 20 Introduction: language ideology or science fiction?......Page 21 1. The linguistic facts of life......Page 25 All spoken language changes......Page 27 All spoken languages are equal in linguistic terms......Page 28 Grammaticality does not equal communicative effectiveness......Page 30 Written language and spoken language are historically, structurally, and functionally fundamentally different creatures......Page 35 Variation is intrinsic to all spoken language at every level......Page 40 Discussion questions and exercises......Page 42 Notes......Page 43 Suggested further reading......Page 45 r-less in Manhattan......Page 47 The Northern Cities Chain Shift (NCCS)......Page 53 Lexical variation......Page 55 Variation in verb morphology: strong and weak verbs......Page 57 Structured variation: the hidden life of language......Page 58 Discussion questions and exercises......Page 61 Suggested further reading......Page 62 You’ve got one too......Page 64 Perspective......Page 65 The Sound House......Page 68 Discussion questions and exercises......Page 72 Notes......Page 73 Suggested further reading......Page 74 4. The standard language myth......Page 75 Standard (American) English......Page 77 Words about words......Page 81 Discussion questions and exercises......Page 83 Notes......Page 84 Suggested further reading......Page 85 5. Language subordination......Page 86 A model of the language subordination process......Page 89 Rejecting the gift: the individual’s role in the communicative process......Page 91 Discussion questions and exercises......Page 95 Suggested further reading......Page 96 6. The educational system: fixing the message in stone......Page 98 The setting of goals......Page 99 Appropriacy arguments......Page 101 The results of appropriacy argumentation......Page 105 Good enough English......Page 106 Teacher talk......Page 108 Summary......Page 116 Discussion questions and exercises......Page 117 Notes......Page 118 Suggested further reading......Page 119 Storytellers, Inc.......Page 121 The ubiquitous mouse......Page 122 The wolf’s backstory......Page 125 Talking the talk......Page 127 Time and place......Page 130 Disney feature films......Page 131 Original study methodology......Page 133 Getting the hang of Technicolor......Page 139 Lovers and mothers......Page 144 Discussion questions and exercises......Page 146 Notes......Page 147 Suggested further reading......Page 149 The voice of authority......Page 150 Opinion, spin, propaganda......Page 152 Bad is stronger than good......Page 155 The 2008 presidential election......Page 156 Discussion questions and exercises......Page 165 Notes......Page 166 Suggested further reading......Page 168 The nutshell......Page 169 The Civil Rights Act......Page 170 Discrimination in the workplace......Page 172 Selected court cases......Page 176 Appendix: the U.S. civil court structure......Page 193 Notes......Page 198 Suggested further reading......Page 200 Grammar: resistance is futile......Page 202 Style, authenticity, and race......Page 204 Defying the definition......Page 206 Anglo attitudes toward AAVE ......Page 209 African American attitudes toward AAVE......Page 216 Where we at......Page 228 Discussion questions and exercises......Page 229 Notes......Page 230 Suggested further reading......Page 232 Defining the South......Page 234 The Southern Trough......Page 237 Sounds like home to me......Page 238 The map in the mind......Page 240 Hostility with a smile......Page 242 The seduction of accent reduction......Page 248 Discussion questions and exercises......Page 252 Notes......Page 253 Suggested further reading......Page 254 12. Defying paradise: Hawai’i......Page 255 Hawai’ians talk......Page 256 Hawai’ians at school......Page 260 Talk story: “Without Pidgin, I would cease to be whole”......Page 262 Discussion questions and exercises......Page 264 Notes......Page 265 Suggested further reading......Page 266 The price of admission......Page 268 Who has a foreign accent?......Page 271 Discussion questions and exercises......Page 273 Suggested further reading......Page 274 Diversity over space......Page 275 The Spanish universe......Page 281 The changing colors of Mexico......Page 283 We’re not going anywhere: performing race......Page 284 The everyday language of white racism......Page 286 A sampling of discriminatory language-focused practices against Latinos/as......Page 287 The most vulnerable......Page 288 The workplace......Page 289 Education in the Southwest......Page 291 Hypothetically speaking......Page 294 Summary......Page 296 Discussion questions and exercises......Page 297 Notes......Page 298 Suggested further reading......Page 299 Institutionalized aggression......Page 301 Half the world......Page 302 Stereotypes......Page 305 The transmission and rationalization of racism......Page 311 I’m sorry, I just refuse to apologize......Page 314 In the classroom......Page 317 False speakers of language......Page 319 Discussion questions and exercises......Page 320 Notes......Page 321 Suggested further reading......Page 322 How to build a moral panic......Page 323 Portrait of a folk devil......Page 324 African American English in context......Page 325 The setting......Page 326 The triggering event......Page 328 The panic cycle in Oakland......Page 331 Postscript: institutionalized mockery ......Page 336 Discussion questions and exercises......Page 337 Notes......Page 339 Suggested further reading......Page 340 Tyranny of the Californian majority......Page 342 Heard but not seen......Page 344 I had you at hello......Page 346 A human failing......Page 347 Housing discrimination toward Muslims......Page 348 Discussion questions and exercises......Page 349 Suggested further reading......Page 350 18. Conclusion: civil (dis)obedience and the shadow of language......Page 352 Shortened bibliography......Page 356 Index......Page 362 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. Language Ideology Or Science Fiction? -- The Linguistic Facts Of Life -- Language In Motion -- The Myth Of Non-accent -- The Standard Language Myth -- Language Subordination -- The Educational System : Fixing The Message In Stone -- Teaching Children How To Discriminate : (what We Learn From The Big Bad Wolf) -- The Information Industry -- Real People With A Real Language : The Workplace And The Judicial System -- The Real Trouble With Black Language -- Hillbillies, Hicks, And Southern Belles : The Language Rebels -- Defying Paradise : Hawai'i -- The Other In The Mirror -- ¡ya Basta! -- The Unassimilable Races : What It Means To Be Asian -- Case Study 1 : Moral Panic In Oakland -- Case Study 2 : Linguistic Profiling And Fair Housing -- Civil (dis)obedience And The Shadow Of Language. Rosina Lippi-green. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [336]-341) And Index. "Since its original publication in 1997, English with an Accent has inspired generations of scholars to investigate linguistic discrimination, social categorization, social structures, and power. This new edition is an attempt to retain the spirit of the original while enriching and expanding it to reflect the greater understanding of linguistic discrimination that it has helped create"-- Provided by publisher In 'English With an Accent', Rosina Lippi-Green scrutinises American attitudes towards language. Using examples drawn from a variety of contexts, she exposes the way in which language is used to maintain and perpetuate certain social structures