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Linguistics and Prejudice: Dialects as Different, Not Deficient

Friday, November 8, 2013: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Napoleon B3-C3 (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
Brittany Moore , Eastern Kentucky University
Every single person has an accent and speaks a different dialect than someone from another region, but dialects are surrounded by prejudice which judges the intelligence and class of a region. These prejudices are created by the emphasis on "Standard English" as well as by the media and entertainment.