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English with an Accent: Language, Ideology and Discrimination in the United States
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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 reorga... More

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PublisherRoutledge Books
BindingKindle Edition (5 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages384
ISBN-10B007M949A4
Publication Date03/15/2012
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About Rosina Lippi-Green (Author) : Rosina Lippi was born on January 14, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, a daughter of an Italian emigrant. She has lived for long periods in the Austrian alps, on the East coast (where she earned a PhD in lin... more
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