Linguistic Legitimacy and Social Justice
‘This book provides the first comprehensive study of language legitimacy and social justice. It tackles the very real problem of language prejudice and offers solutions to dealing with this problem. Dr. Reagan has spent his entire career debunking misconc
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Timothy Reagan
Linguistic Legitimacy and Social Justice “This book provides the first comprehensive study of language legitimacy and social justice. It tackles the very real problem of language prejudice and offers solutions to dealing with this problem. Dr. Reagan has spent his entire career debunking misconceptions about the ‘value’ of one language or one dialect over another and consolidates his findings here with reference to a substantial body of previous research covering a wide variety of languages.” —Frank Nuessel, University of Louisville, USA
Timothy Reagan
Linguistic Legitimacy and Social Justice
Timothy Reagan College of Education & Human Development University of Maine Orono, ME, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-10966-0 ISBN 978-3-030-10967-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10967-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2019932174 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Alex Linch shutterstock.com This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
It has become increasingly common for scholars, especially in the humanities and social sciences, to begin discussions about their research with a description of their ‘positionality’ vis-à-vis the topic(s) of their research. The underlying purpose of such descriptions is to recognize that no matter how hard we may try, ‘objectivity’ is not really possible. Each of us is the result of the complex nexus of our background, social context and setting, race, gender, and so on, and these factors will inevitably impact how we construct reality. Descriptions of positionality are especially important in studies addressing individuals and groups who are different fro
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