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Language Discrimination
EditLanguage discrimination refers to the unequal treatment of individuals or groups based on their language use, accent, dialect, or perceived linguistic background [1][2]. It may occur when linguistic characteristics are used to restrict access to employment, education, public services, or social participation, or to assign differential status and credibility to speakers [1][2]. In sociolinguistics, language discrimination is examined in relation to language ideologies, linguistic prejudice, and the social hierarchies through which particular language varieties are privileged while others are stigmatized.
Language discrimination
Linguistic prejudice
Language ideology
Sociolinguistic inequality
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- Elizabeth Laurence; English with an accent: Language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States. Colomb. Appl. Linguist. J. 2014, 15, 310-311. [CrossRef]
- John Baugh; RACIAL IDENTIFICATION BY SPEECH. Am. Speech 2000, 75, 362-364. [CrossRef]
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