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Hardcover Linguistic Legitimacy and Social Justice Book

ISBN: 3030109666

ISBN13: 9783030109660

Linguistic Legitimacy and Social Justice

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This book examines the nature of human language and the ideology of linguistic legitimacy - the common set of beliefs about language differences that leads to the rejection of some language varieties and the valorization of others. It investigates a broad range of case studies of languages and dialects which have for various reasons been considered 'low-status' including: African American English, Spanglish, American Sign Language, Yiddish, Esperanto...

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