America's Ugliest Accents: Something's Ugly Alright

Sociolinguistic Josef Fruehwald responds to the Gawker "Ugliest Accent" tournament, highlighting the use of language as a proxy for discrimination against speakers from various social and geographic groups. [Published on 10-01-2014]

Posted by Kara Becker on October 1, 2014

Tags:
American English;
Accent;
Stigma;
Ideology

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