All English Accents Matter
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All English Accents Matter

In Pursuit of Accent Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

  1. 128 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

All English Accents Matter

In Pursuit of Accent Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

About this book

Orelus' valuable study draws on the scholarly work of sociocultural and postcolonial theorists, as well as testimonies collected from study participants, to explore accentism, the systemic form of discrimination against speakers whose accents deviate from a socially constructed norm.

Orelus examines the manner in which accents are acquired and the effects of such acquisition on the learning and educational experiences of linguistically and culturally diverse students. He goes on to demonstrate the ways and the degree to which factors such as race, class, and country of origin are connected with nonstandard accent-based discrimination. Finally, this book proposes alternative ways to challenge and counter the accentism that minority groups, including linguistically and culturally diverse groups, have faced in schools and in society at large.

It will be of interest to all of those concerned with linguistic/accent-based prejudice and the experience of those who face it.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Foreword
  9. 1 The Coloniality of Western Language Hegemony
  10. 2 All English Accents Matter
  11. 3 Affirming Accent Variation
  12. 4 Linguistic and Racial Inequities in Higher Education: The Subaltern Speak Out
  13. 5 In Pursuit of Linguistic Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
  14. 6 Exposing the Effects of Linguoelitism on Linguistic Minorities
  15. Appendix
  16. Index