Linguistics in Pursuit of Justice - Colorblind Ambition

Explores the role of linguistics in promoting justice and equality with regard to ethnic minorities, legal matters and civil rights.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Linguistics, life, and death; 3. Linguistics, injustice, and inequality; 4. Some linguistic and legal consequences of slavery in the United States; 5. Linguistic profiling; 6. Earwitness testimony and unbiased formulation of auditory line-ups; 7. Dialect identification and discrimination in the United States; 8. Formulating discrimination: dimensions of a historical hardship index; 9. Linguistic harassment; 10. Linguistic contributions to the advancement of justice; 11. Shall we overcome?

About the author

John Baugh is the Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts and Sciences at Washington University, St Louis. He is best known for advancing studies of linguistic profiling and various forms of linguistic discrimination that were supported variously by the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the United States Department of State.

Summary

This book will be of interest to readers who want to learn about how linguistic research can inform legal matters and policies that promote social equity, with emphasis on overcoming racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, and xenophobia - particularly in societies where such divisions are accentuated by distinctive languages or dialects.

Product details

• Authors: John Baugh, John (Washington University Baugh, Baugh John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781107153455
• ISBN: 978-1-107-15345-5
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Social discrimination & inequality, Psycholinguistics, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, Social discrimination and social justice