Other People's English Accents Matter: Challenging Standard English Accent Hegemony

• Published in: Excellence in Education Journal Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 120 - 148
• Main Author: Orelus, Pierre W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Excellence in Education Journal 2020
• Subjects: Administrators; Bilingualism; Citizenship; College Faculty; College Students; Dialects; English (Second Language); Ethnicity; Immigrants; Language Attitudes; Language Minorities; Middle School Teachers; Native Language; North American English; Pronunciation; Race; Social Class; Social Discrimination; New Mexico

We live in a society where standard accents are highly valued. Generally, people who speak with a Standard English accent are seen through a positive lens linguistically; those whose English is accented are stigmatized. Accent discrimination affects linguistic minorities from diverse linguistic and...