When Is Language Not a Language? Challenges to "Linguistic Legitimacy" in Educational Discourse.

Reagan, Timothy

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Publication Date: 1997

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When Is Language Not a Language? Challenges to "Linguistic Legitimacy" in Educational Discourse.

Reagan, Timothy

Educational Foundations, v11 n3 p5-28 Sum 1997

Examines the concept of linguistic legitimacy (and illegitimacy) using three specific cases--Black English, American Sign Language, and Esperanto. The paper argues that legitimacy is grounded more on personal, political, and ideological biases than on linguistic criteria. (SM)

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Black Dialects, Black Students, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education, Esperanto, Higher Education, Political Influences, Social Influences, Sociolinguistics, Urban Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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