| Linguistics in Pursuit of Justice Contributor(s): Baugh, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 110715345X ISBN-13: 9781107153455 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics |
| Dewey: 306.44 |
| LCCN: 2017041805 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.87" W x 9.25" (0.98 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As a black child growing up in inner-city neighborhoods in Philadelphia and Los Angeles, John Baugh witnessed racial discrimination at a young age and began to notice correlations between language and race. While attending college he worked at a Laundromat serving African Americans who were often subjected to mistreatment by the police. His observations piqued his curiosity about the ways that linguistic diversity might be related to the burgeoning Civil Rights movement for racial equality in America. Baugh pursued these ideas whilst traveling internationally only to discover alternative forms of linguistic discrimination in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean and South America. He coined the phrase 'linguistic profiling' based on experimental studies of housing discrimination, and expanded upon those findings to promote equity in education, employment, medicine and the law. This book is the product of the culmination of these studies, devoted to the advancement of equality and justice globally. |
Contributor Bio(s): Baugh, John: - John Baugh is the Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts and Sciences at Washington University, St Louis. He is best known for advancing studies of linguistic profiling and various forms of linguistic discrimination that were supported variously by the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the United States Department of State. |