This ain't my language
Subtitle: standard English and the devaluation of working class languages in the academy.
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: English language -- Standardization.; English language -- Dialects.; Working class women -- Language.; College teachers -- Language.; College students -- Language.
Description: This work focuses on the experiences of working class students in the academy. Concentrating on the politics of language, I maintain that students from the working class often enter the academy speaking a non-standard form of English. Students who use this working class vernacular are forced to mimic or learn standard English in order to survive in the academy. I argue the importance of doing research using feminist research methods. I also contend that it is imperative to examine how the experiences of working class women are often ignored or devalued in feminist discourses. I posit the importance of using an interlocking framework of oppression which is a starting point for the acceptance and validation of "other" language dialects. So, in other words, this work examines the connections between gender, race, class and language. Examining how systems of oppression are interconnected is crucial for understanding relations of power.
Notes: Adviser:  David Livingstone.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2004.

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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 43-03, page: 0674.

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