Lippi-Green (2012) - The Myth of Non-Accent by Rayhan Sora https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau Summarize in one sentence the article focusing on the most relevant things according to you en-us 2024-12-02 21:34:12 UTC 2024-12-03 11:34:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f916.png ‘the idea of standard language is constructed and re-constructed on an on-going basis by those who have a vested interest in the concept’ (Lippie-Green, 2012, p.56). https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3243481603 2024-12-02 21:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3243481603 "Gender, race, ethnicity, income, religion - these and other social identities are often clearly marked by means of choice between linguistic variants." (P. 45) https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3244456573 2024-12-03 11:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3244456573 Those who speak differently are often marginalised, the myth of non-accent serves as a tool of discrimination. It is necessary to break with the ideology of establishing a single correct accent, in order to promote inclusivity. https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3244459722 2024-12-03 11:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3244459722 Language is diverse and all ways of using it should be embraced and accepted as equally valid and legitimate. https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3244460204 2024-12-03 11:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3244460204 "The social domain of the standard has been established: it is the language of the educated, in particular those who have achieved a high level of skill with the written language" (Lippie-Green, 2012, p.59). https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3244461768 2024-12-03 11:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3244461768 “Is important to distinguish between the two major kinds of accents: First Language (L1) and Second Language (L2). L1 accent is really no more than what we have been discussing all along: structured variation in language. (p. 45) “ https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3244463039 2024-12-03 11:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3244463039 "Some people are better at putting together second or even third and fourth Sound Houses in adulthood. Not perfect ones, bur very good imitations. [...] it has nothing to do with intelligence and not very much to do with how hard you work to learn the target language. [...] it certainly does have something to do with cognition and with an ear for language." https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3244463551 2024-12-03 11:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3244463551 "'Standardness' and 'non-standardness' are too deeply ingrained into sociolinguistic theory and methods for us to dispense with received perspectives and bein again, conceptually. Even so, there are good reasons to move on from ontological perspectives that reify, describe and account for Standard American English as a 'natural' or 'necessary' sociolinguistic reality" (p.62) https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3244465871 2024-12-03 11:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3244465871 "The myth of standard language persists because it is carefully tended and propagated, with huge, almost universal success, so that language, the most fundamental of human socialization tools, becomes a commodity" (p.61) https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3244466083 2024-12-03 11:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sorarayhan/h0gusoumccoc2wau/wish/3244466083