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EPISODE · Jun 3, 2022 · 27 MIN

Language, Power, and Prestige w/ Professor Littlefield

from Tomayto Tomahto · host Talia Sherman

What's the relationship between language and power? Why are dialects a gatekeeper? What exactly is sociolinguistics? Join me and Professor Heather Littlefield as we discuss the relationships between language and gender, race, ethnicity, economic opportunities, and power. Any study/paper/TedTalk/article/person she mentioned in the interview is linked below. Special thanks to Molly Herman, Lindsay Villone, Eleza Kort, and, of course, Heather Littlefield.  Ted talk by John Baugh  Further work by John Baugh  Leaders with Lower Voices Vershawn Young  "Linguistic prejudice is one of the last widely socially acceptable ways to discriminate" Bell Hooks on the Language of Power 

What's the relationship between language and power? Why are dialects a gatekeeper? What exactly is sociolinguistics? Join me and Professor Heather Littlefield as we discuss the relationships between language and gender, race, ethnicity, economic opportunities, and power. Any study/paper/TedTalk/article/person she mentioned in the interview is linked below. Special thanks to Molly Herman, Lindsay Villone, Eleza Kort, and, of course, Heather Littlefield.  Ted talk by John Baugh  Further work by John Baugh  Leaders with Lower Voices Vershawn Young  "Linguistic prejudice is one of the last widely socially acceptable ways to discriminate" Bell Hooks on the Language of Power

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