Language policies and Englishes in the United States

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dc.contributor.authorFitzsimmons-Doolan, Shannon
dc.creator.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2558-9678en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-03T16:00:21Z
dc.date.available2023-04-03T16:00:21Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis article provides an overview of language policies governing U.S. Englishes (e.g., African American English, Appalachian English, Hawai’ian (Creole/Pidgin) English, and standard/mainstream American English). Several dominant language ideologies, such as the standard language ideology, strongly shape the language policy context for Englishes in the United States. The domains of educational language policy, workplace language policy, and the legal system are explored—revealing layers of institutionalized, covert policies that acknowledge widespread multilectal practices to varying degrees. Recognition and explicit legitimization of such practices through language policies can mitigate some aspects of linguistic discrimination. However, in the US, legal frameworks bound to categories such as race and national origin as well as those that do not incorporate intra-linguistic variation are obstacles to such interventions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFitzsimmons-Doolan, S. Language policy and Englishes in the United States. In K. Bolton (Ed.), Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of World Englishes. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. Accepted June 2021.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/95912
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectlanguage policyen_US
dc.subjectlanguage ideologiesen_US
dc.subjectU.S. Englishesen_US
dc.subjectstandard language ideologyen_US
dc.subjectlinguistic discriminationen_US
dc.subjecteducational language policyen_US
dc.subjectcontrastive analysisen_US
dc.subjectcritical language pedagogyen_US
dc.titleLanguage policies and Englishes in the United Statesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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