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Fostering Linguistic Equality

The SISE Approach to the Introductory Linguistics Course

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Authors:
  1. Sarah E. Hercula

    1. Department of English and Technical Communication, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA

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  • Demonstrates the role played by language in its interactions with systems of inequality
  • Challenges widely-held, misinformed, and harmful language attitudes and ideologies
  • Argues that the linguistics classroom is an essential site in the effort toward dismantling harmful, misinformed language ideologies
  • Presents data from empirical research that illustrates the SISE approach in action

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Linguistic Inequality in the United States

    • Sarah E. Hercula
    Pages 1-22

  3. Theorizing the SISE Approach

    • Sarah E. Hercula
    Pages 23-72

  4. The Design of the SISE Approach

    • Sarah E. Hercula
    Pages 73-105

  5. Student Data and Analysis

    • Sarah E. Hercula
    Pages 107-161

  6. Race, Gender, and the SISE Approach

    • Sarah E. Hercula
    Pages 163-190

  7. Adaptations and Extensions of the SISE Approach

    • Sarah E. Hercula
    Pages 191-204

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 205-232
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About this book

This book offers one possible solution in the pursuit of linguistic equality by exploring how the Structural Inquiry of Stigmatized English (SISE) approach to linguistics pedagogy can be used to empower linguistics students and researchers as ambassadors for change. By using stigmatized varieties of English (including African American English, Chicano English, and Appalachian English) as the primary linguistic data analyzed through detailed structural analysis, the SISE approach fosters linguistically principled and pluralistic language attitudes among students, as evidenced by the author’s own empirical research in applying the method. This book not only advocates for linguistic equality but also provides teachers and researchers with the tools they need to counteract prejudicial attitudes and disinformation about language both in and outside the classroom. It will be an essential resource for linguistics teachers, applied linguists, curriculum developers, students and scholars of language attitudes and language variation, and anyone seeking more information about the relationships between diversity, (in)equality, and language.

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“The author’s call to action- that it is incumbent on linguists to work towards societal change- is one we should heed. Hercula encourages linguists to refocus the introductory linguistics course to not only educate about how language works and how linguists study it, but to work more deeply to change attitudes towards stigmatized language varieties by in-depth investigation of those varieties, ensuring that everyone goes away with enduring understanding and a desire to change the world.” --Kristin Denham, Western Washington University, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of English and Technical Communication, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA

    Sarah E. Hercula

About the author

Sarah Hercula is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of English and Technical Communication at Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fostering Linguistic Equality

  • Book Subtitle: The SISE Approach to the Introductory Linguistics Course

  • Authors: Sarah E. Hercula

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41690-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-41689-8Published: 12 May 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-41692-8Published: 12 May 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-41690-4Published: 11 May 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 232

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, American Culture, Language Teaching, Social Structure, Social Inequality

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