All English Accents Matter : In Pursuit of Accent Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

著者名：Orelus, Pierre Wilbert

Routledge（2023/04/28発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9781032460918
• eISBN：9781317935803

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Contents

Dedication

Foreword by John Baugh

Chapter 1. The Coloniality of Western Language Hegemony

Chapter 2. Other People’s English Accents Matter

Chapter 3. Affirming English Accent Variation

Chapter 4. Linguistic and Racial Inequities in Higher Education

Chapter 5. In Pursuit of Accent Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Chapter 6. Exposing the Effects of Linguolelitism on Linguistic Minorities

Appendix

Index