Interested in how language, voice, and speech affect your life?
Language is a social thing, and aids in the expression and performance of both identity and community belonging. Speaking is an area where we can strive for more equity in our society - working to recognize and alleviate language discrimination is a personal interest / goal of mine.
Try out the following starting places for information on how language, voice, and speech can affect our lives:
Vernacular Trail Testimony
In the Legal System Talking White is a Precursor to Justice and That's Wrong
Accent, Standard Language Ideology, and Discriminatory Pretext in the Courts
Why Chaucer said 'ax' instead of 'ask' and why some still do
How Code-Switching Explains the World
Talk American
Let's not forget that Translanguaging is a political act
American Theatre Walmarting
Not All Accents Are Equal. My Sigaporean Accent Apparently Sucks.
Names That Are Unfamiliar to You Aren't Hard, They're Unpracticed
Formality
Formality Follow-up
Language is a social thing, and aids in the expression and performance of both identity and community belonging. Speaking is an area where we can strive for more equity in our society - working to recognize and alleviate language discrimination is a personal interest / goal of mine.
Try out the following starting places for information on how language, voice, and speech can affect our lives:
Vernacular Trail Testimony
In the Legal System Talking White is a Precursor to Justice and That's Wrong
Accent, Standard Language Ideology, and Discriminatory Pretext in the Courts
Why Chaucer said 'ax' instead of 'ask' and why some still do
How Code-Switching Explains the World
Talk American
Let's not forget that Translanguaging is a political act
American Theatre Walmarting
Not All Accents Are Equal. My Sigaporean Accent Apparently Sucks.
Names That Are Unfamiliar to You Aren't Hard, They're Unpracticed
Formality
Formality Follow-up
