Other People's English Accents Matter: Challenging Standard English Accent Hegemony

Autor/in	Orelus, Pierre W.
Titel	Other People's English Accents Matter: Challenging Standard English Accent Hegemony
Quelle	In: Excellence in Education Journal, 9 (2020) 1, S.120-148 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2474-4166
Schlagwörter	Dialects; Pronunciation; Language Minorities; Social Discrimination; North American English; Middle School Teachers; College Students; College Faculty; Administrators; Bilingualism; Personal Narratives; English (Second Language); Immigrants; Race; Ethnicity; Social Class; Citizenship; Language Attitudes; Native Language; New Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Dialect; Dialekt; Aussprache; Sprachminderheit; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Amerikanisches Englisch; Middle school; Middle schools; Teacher; Teachers; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Collegestudent; Fakultät; Bilingualismus; Erlebniserzählung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Rasse; Abstammung; Ethnizität; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Staatsbürgerschaft; Sprachverhalten
Abstract	We live in a society where standard accents are highly valued. Generally, people who speak with a Standard English accent are seen through a positive lens linguistically; those whose English is accented are stigmatized. Accent discrimination affects linguistic minorities from diverse linguistic and ethnic backgrounds, including foreign-accented English speakers. This article uses a sociolinguistic framework and draws from participants' "testimonios" garnered over the course of a year to explore the ways in which linguistic minorities, across ethnicity, race, language, and nationality, experienced various forms of accent discrimination. Participants' testimonios suggest that these factors play a significant role in the different ways and the degree to which they were subjected to accent discrimination. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Excellence in Education Journal. e-mail: eejeditor@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.excellenceineducationjournal.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01