This second edition of English with an Accent exceeds the high standard of research excellence that Lippi-Green first displayed in 1997. This new book introduces keen insights about language, justice, discrimination, and the human condition in America.
John Baugh, Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts and Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
English with an Accent is an encyclopedic, cutting-edge update of Lippi-Green's classic text on language subordination. Hard-hitting and thought-provoking, this is an essential work.
Jane H. Hill, Regents' Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics (Emerita), University of Arizona, USA
This second edition of English with an Accent exceeds the high standard of research excellence that Lippi-Green first displayed in 1997. This new book introduces keen insights about language, justice, discrimination, and the human condition in America. - John Baugh, Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts and Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
English with an Accent is an encyclopedic, cutting-edge update of Lippi-Green's classic text on language subordination. Hard-hitting and thought-provoking, this is an essential work. - Jane H. Hill, Regents' Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics (Emerita), University of Arizona, USA
This new edition is breaks new ground again, providing updates related to politics, Internet usage and the classroom....It will be the go-to text for explorations of language and its connection to social identity, linguistic authority and language-based oppression. I can't wait to use it in my courses. - Robin Queen, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, University of Michigan, USA
English with an Accent, a powerfully penned exposition on the relation between language, subordination and discrimination, was already insightful and thought-provoking when it first appeared in 1997. This updated and expanded second edition has made it absolutely invaluable, and I can't wait to use it in my classes. It represents sociolinguistics at its best--theoretically informed, but decidedly applied as well, implicating race relations, immigration, social class, education, politics, immigration and more. It is impossible to read this book and not be troubled by prejudices and practices that we didn't notice or consider problematic before. - John R. Rickford, J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor of Linguistics and the Humanities, Stanford University,USA
The author engages her reader in a multitude of ways that preclude boredom, and even entertain those of us with a penchant for language scrutiny, psycholinguistics, or sociolinguistics... In addition to those fascinated by language, proponents of social justice will likely find Lippi-Green's book worth much more than its weight. - Elizabeth Laurence, The Midwest Book Review, June 2013
