Linguistics in Pursuit of Justice

ISBN-13: 9781107153455 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 232 str.

John Baugh

Opis

Explores the role of linguistics in promoting justice and equality with regard to ethnic minorities, legal matters and civil rights.

Recenzje

'… this book provides a detailed survey of how linguistic science can be used to promote justice. It is a must-read for anyone, not only in the field of linguistics, but also in other disciplines, who want to promote justice and equality in the world.' Xuekun Liu, Language in Society

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Linguistics, life, and death; 3. Linguistics, injustice, and inequality; 4. Some linguistic and legal consequences of slavery in the United States; 5. Linguistic profiling; 6. Earwitness testimony and unbiased formulation of auditory line-ups; 7. Dialect identification and discrimination in the United States; 8. Formulating discrimination: dimensions of a historical hardship index; 9. Linguistic harassment; 10. Linguistic contributions to the advancement of justice; 11. Shall we overcome?