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Author Stanford, Nichole, 1977-

Title Good God but you smart! : language prejudice and upwardly mobile Cajuns / Nichole Stanford.

Publication Info. Logan : Utah State University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Sexy ass Cajuns: the complicated reasons we comply -- Bas class: Cajuns and the U.S. class system -- "I will not speak French. i will not speak French" : the grand derangement du langue -- Don't blame teachers (not too-too much) : code censoring in classrooms -- Beyond classrooms : debunking the language myths.
Summary "First comprehensive book in Composition Studies to examine educational and linguistic assimilation, as well as the local languages--Louisiana French and prevalent Cajun English--of Cajuns and explores the subtle ways grammar snobbery, from classrooms to families to pop culture references, is used to justify systemic inequality"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject English language -- Dialects -- Social aspects.
English language -- Dialects -- Social aspects.
English language -- Dialects.
Sociolinguistics -- Louisiana.
Sociolinguistics.
Louisiana.
English language -- Dialects -- Louisiana.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9781607325079 1607325071 (DLC) 2015044264 (OCoLC)930068115
ISBN 9781607325086 (electronic book)
160732508X (electronic book)
9781607325079 (paperback)
1607325071