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Language Ideologies: History
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Language ideologies are socially shared or contested beliefs, assumptions, and values about language, linguistic varieties, and their relationships with social groups, cultural practices, and power structures [1][2]. They shape how linguistic forms are evaluated, how speakers are categorized, and how particular ways of speaking become associated with legitimacy, prestige, correctness, or social stigma [1][2]. In linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics, language ideologies are analyzed as culturally situated frameworks that influence language practices, language policy, and the reproduction or negotiation of social distinctions.

  • Language ideology
  • Linguistic attitudes
  • Language and power
  • Sociolinguistics

References

  1. Joel C. Kuipers; Language Ideologies: Practice and Theory. Am. Ethnol. 2003, 30, 637-638, 10.1525/ae.2003.30.4.637.
  2. Irvine, J. T.; Gal, S. Language Ideology and Linguistic Differentiation. In Regimes of Language: Ideologies, Polities, and Identities; Kroskrity, P. V., Ed.; School of American Research Press: Santa Fe, NM, USA, 2000; pp. 35–84. https://web.stanford.edu/~eckert/PDF/IrvineGal2000.pdf
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