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Chapter 1 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  The innateness of language  Aspects of language upon which linguists agree  The universality of language change  The linguistic equality of spoken languages  The difference between grammaticality and communicative […]

Chapter 10 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  Features of African American English  Stereotypes around AAVE and the internal variation among AAVE speakers  Anglo attitudes towards AAVE  The complexity of African American attitudes towards AAVE Sample answers […]

Chapter 11 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  The most salient features of Southern English to non-southern listeners  Non-southern perceptions of the Deep South and its dialects  The ways that Southerners perceive themselves and their speech  A […]

Chapter 12 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  A discussion of the complex relationship between race, ethnicity, class, and language use in Hawai’i  The difference between a pidgin and a creole  Hawai’ian Creole English, the linguistic diversity of […]

Chapter 13 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  A discussion of immigration to America, the notion of the American melting pot, and multilingualism  An overview of the number of immigrants and bi– and multilingual people in the United States […]

Chapter 14 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  The diversity within the ―Hispanic‖ population in the U.S.  A discussion of bilingualism, code switching, and Spanish accents  The connection between race, ethnicity, and language in regards to the Latino/a […]

Chapter 15 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  A brief history of formal policies that target Asian populations  American knowledge of Asia and American perceptions of Asians and Asian Americans  Stereotypes of Asians and Asian accents, including a […]

Chapter 16 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  An explanation of moral panic and moral entrepreneur/crusader  The ten stages of a moral panic  The Oakland Ebonics Controversy of 1996-1997, in which the Oakland, CA School Board proposed to […]

Chapter 17 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  How the court system blocked a California voter-approved bill to allow housing discrimination in the 1960s  A list of discriminatory housing practices that are prohibited by law  A description of […]

Chapter 18 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  The selectivity of language subordination  The impossibility of creating one homogenous English  A discussion of what can or should be done about language subordination  A discussion of what language […]

Chapter 2 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  The increasing differentiation among the varieties of English  The presence or absence of /r/ in varieties of American English, specifically Labov‟s study of /r/ deletion in Manhattan, as well as a […]

Chapter 3 Instructors Manual This chapter covers:  The social power of myths and the myth of the non-accent  A discussion of the definition of accent, dialect, and language  The difference between L1 and L2 accents  The […]

Chapter 4 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  An introduction to the concept of a standard language and why the idea of a standard language is mythical  Some dictionary definitions of standard language and the problems with these definitions […]

Chapter 5 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  The connection between linguistic variation and social positioning  How language and accent have become bases for discrimination  The definition of language ideology and standard language ideology  The role of […]

Chapter 6 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  An introduction to the school and the teacher as major forces in the perpetuation of language ideology  The instructional goals of the school in regards to literacy and standard language ideology […]

Chapter 7 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  The role of film and television entertainment in exposing children to standard language ideology  A discussion of Jewish and Arab stereotypes in Disney’s The Three Little Pigs and Aladdin respectively  […]

Chapter 8 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  The concept of the linguistic marketplace  The role of media representatives as linguistic authorities  Spin, propaganda, and framing in the media  How Sarah Palin‟s language was framed by the […]

Chapter 9 Instructor’s Manual This chapter covers:  The protections of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and how they regulate (or fail to regulate) linguistic discrimination in the workplace.  An explanation of the legal process that plaintiffs […]