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Standard language ideology in an English-medium Irish secondary school: Conflicting perspectives on the discouragement of nonstandard language.

Authors :
Lucek, Stephen
Source :
Journal of Language & Discrimination; 2021, Vol. 5 Issue 2, p199-225, 27p
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

The current paper aims to address how one English-medium school functions from the different perspectives within the school: the principal, student/teacher classroom interaction and the students. This approach allows us to see the power differential of the different stakeholders in a school and how iconisation, fractal recursivity, and erasure affect teenagers in Dublin. This paper presents interview data with a principal and the students in a secondary school. Taking a qualitative approach to these data, I show that standard language ideology is linked with economic disadvantage. The school principal's approach to identifying, problematising and seeking to eliminate certain types of nonstandard language in the school reflects a standard language ideology and is consistent with a raciolinguistic approach to linguistic discrimination. The data suggest that the students themselves take a more nuanced approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23972637
Volume :
5
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of Language & Discrimination
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
153971756
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1558/jld.20487