There’s linguistic appropriation, including Mock Spanish, Mock Asian, and digital blackface—these all relate to using the linguistic features of marginalized groups in mainstream speech for comic effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_Spanish …
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Another form of linguistic injustice is racial profiling based on linguistic variables—this is studied as part of a broad research paradigm called raciolinguistics. See the work of
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We can also talk about linguistic ageism AKA “How Millennials are Ruining the English Language”—see the work of
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Then there’s language oppression—“The enforcement of language loss by physical, mental, social & spiritual coercion…” This comes from the work of Alice Taff & colleagues in the Oxford Handbook of Endangered Languages https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-endangered-languages-9780190610029?cc=au&lang=en& …
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Language oppression is different from accentism, ling appropriation, lang profiling, & ling ageism. These all occur within a horizon of intelligibility. They are ways of differentiating ppl who mostly understand each other’s speech.
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Language oppression occurs across the horizon of intelligibility, and so does language denialism. We’ll see later that this is important. Not all forms of linguistic injustice work in the same way and have the same effects.
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So what is language denialism? It means denying that some languages are languages. It is a refusal to acknowledge parity between speech forms. It denies linguistic equipotentiality.
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Language denialism pits languages against ‘mixed language’/ dialect/ jargon/ lingo/ patois/. It not only creates hierarchy, but also draws a boundary between legitimate and illegitimate speech forms.
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Language denialism is always a form of linguistic supremacy—“My language is real, yours is fake/ incomplete/ a variety of my language, etc.” A few examples:
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Replying to @GJosephRoche @o_guest
Me, in school: [speaks in Lancashire dialect] School: Stop that! You'll never get to university unless you speak like the Queen.
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