Good God but You Smart! : Language Prejudice and Upwardly Mobile Cajuns /

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"First comprehensive book in Composition Studies to examine educational and linguistic assimilation, as well as the local languages--Louisiana French and prevalent Cajun English--of Cajuns and explores the subtle ways grammar snobbery, from classrooms to families to pop culture references, is u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stanford, Nichole, 1977-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sociolinguistics.
English language > Dialects > Social aspects.
English language > Dialects.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Anglais (Langue) > Dialectes > Louisiane.
Sociolinguistique > Louisiane.
Anglais (Langue) > Dialectes > Aspect social.
English language > Dialects > Louisiana.
Sociolinguistics > Louisiana.
Louisiana.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"First comprehensive book in Composition Studies to examine educational and linguistic assimilation, as well as the local languages--Louisiana French and prevalent Cajun English--of Cajuns and explores the subtle ways grammar snobbery, from classrooms to families to pop culture references, is used to justify systemic inequality"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (315 pages).
ISBN:9781607325086

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