Snap Judgments – Accent, Discrimination and Identity
Right or wrong, we’re all guilty of accent discrimination, says Dr. Jillian Cavanaugh, a professor of linguistic anthropology at Brooklyn College.
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You Talk Funny – Accent Reduction in New York City
The demand for accent reduction specialists in New York has increased in recent years, many practitioners in the field have observed. While most linguists and speech pathologists no longer make value judgments about how people speak, prejudices about accents remain.
