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This study examines the effect of race-consciousness upon the pronunciation of American English and upon the ideology of standardization in the twentieth century. It shows how the discourses of prescriptivist pronunciation, the xenophobic reaction against immigration to the eastern metropolises - especially New York - and the closing of the western frontier together constructed an image of the American West and Midwest as the locus of proper speech and ethnicity. This study is of interest to scholars and students in linguistics, American studies, cultural studies, Jewish studies, and studies in race, class, and gender.

ISBN

9783110171907

Publication Date

2002

Publisher

Mouton de Gruyter

City

Berlin, New York

Keywords

presciptivist pronunciation, xenophobic reaction, race relations, language standardization, language variation

School

School of Arts and Sciences

Department

Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Disciplines

Modern Languages

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[Introduction to] Race and the Rise of Standard American
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