2020/04/28 by John Baugh · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Gender Studies in Language #Linguistic Variation and Morphology #Multilingual Education and Policy
paper · pdf · doi:10.1515/ijsl-2020-2083
openalex publication_date 2020/04/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/13
Abstract In this new contribution, John Baugh provides an analytical overview of how the field has addressed issues of power and inequality. Baugh addresses how both social hierarchies and the legal system affect the standing of different languages and their users. He then especially focuses on language use in relation to racial and gender dynamics, highlighting influential work that revealed and analyzed how language is used to make and deepen inequality. He concludes with a call for the promotion of “linguistic human rights” that would protect minority language speakers.