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Linguistic Legitimacy and Social Justice

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Linguistic Legitimacy and Social Justice
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Linguistic Legitimacy and Social Justice

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1st ed. 2019 Edition 

by Timothy Reagan (Author) 

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 and other constructed languages, indigenous languages in post-colonial neo-European societies, and Afrikaans and related language issues in South Africa. Further, it discusses the implications of the ideology of linguistic legitimacy for the teaching and learning of foreign languages in the US. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book provides a readable and pedagogically useful tool to help readers comprehend the nature of human language, and the ways in which attitudes about human language can have either positive or negative consequences for communities and their languages. It will be of particular interest to language teachers and teacher educators, as well as students and scholars of applied linguistics, intercultural communication, minority languages and language extinction.

Year:
2019
Pages:
448
Language:
English
Format:
PDF
Size:
5 MB
ISBN-10:
3030109666
ISBN-13:
978-3030109660
ASIN:
B07P66Z7H9