Making Sense of Bad English: An Introduction to Language Attitudes and Ideologies

ISBN-13: 9781138237476 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 166 str.

Elizabeth Peterson

Opis

Making Sense of "Bad English" is an accessible introduction to attitudes and ideologies towards the use of English around the world. The book provides an engaging and thought-provoking overview of this topic and is essential reading for any student studying sociolinguistics within a global setting.

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Rationale for this book; Terminology used in this book; Introduction to Part 1: Making sense of "Bad English"; Chapter 1. English speakers in outer-circle and expanding-circle settings; Chapter 2: Where does "Good English" come from, and what does it have to do with Santa Claus?; Chapter 3. "Bad" English in inner-circle settings; Chapter 4. How "Bad English" works against us: linguistic discrimination in the USA; Chapter 5: Why does "Bad English" still exist?; Introduction to Part 2; Chapter 6: Acquisition of English as a mother tongue; Chapter 7: African American English; Chapter 8. Competing explanations for linguistic features in the outer circle; Chapter 9: English as a lingua franca; Summary of Part 2 ;Chapter 10. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Elizabeth Peterson is an Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland.