Making Sense of "Bad English" An Introduction to Language Attitudes and Ideologies
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Elizabeth Peterson is an Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
<p>"Enormously fascinating to anyone with an interest in varieties of English (dialects, accents, styles) as they are spoken, natively and non-natively, around the world; and endlessly helpful in the fightback against the benighted ones who attempt to shame their fellow human beings for the way they speak." </p><p><strong>Peter Trudgill</strong>, <em>University of Fribourg, Switzerland</em></p><p>"Perceptions of "good" and "bad" English are a major issue for language users, but vary in different nation states. Such ideologies and their social consequences have been examined by sociolinguists in monolingual and to a lesser extent well-established bilingual English-speaking communities. However, the perspectives of millions of speakers and writers world-wide for whom English is a lingua franca have been largely ignored. Elizabeth Peterson’s book is therefore timely, and particularly valuable in connecting English speakers from all types of language community with the ideologies which emerge from different histories and social contexts. It will be useful both as an undergraduate teaching tool and as a resource for researchers."</p><p><strong>Lesley Milroy</strong>, <em>University of Michigan, USA</em>"As the author says, the purpose of her book is not one of proselytism or conversion; rather, she has tried to make the reader think more carefully about language before labelling it ‘bad’. In using a multi-layered approach, along with an easy-to-read style, Elizabeth Peterson has easily accomplished the goal of making ‘bad English’ make sense. Ultimately, though, she leaves it to the reader to decide"</p><p>Hiram L. Smith, <em>Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, USA</em></p>
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Om bidragsyterne
Elizabeth Peterson is an Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland.