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Rosina Lippi-Green (née Rosina Lippi; born January 14, 1956) is an American writer. ... Language, Ideology, and Language Change in Early Modern German (1994)
Prestige varieties are language or dialect families which are generally considered by a society to be the most "correct" or otherwise superior. In many cases, they are the standard form of the language, though there are exceptions, particularly in situations of covert prestige (where a non-standard dialect is highly valued).
According to Lippi-Green, part of this ideology is a belief that standard languages are internally consistent. [28] Linguists generally agree, however, that variation is intrinsic to all spoken language, including standard varieties. [29] Standard language ideology is strongly connected with the concepts of linguistic purism and prescriptivism.
This has been interpreted by linguists Nicolas Coupland, Rosina Lippi-Green, and Robin Queen (among others) as a discipline-internal lack of consistency which undermines progress; if linguists themselves cannot move beyond the ideological underpinnings of 'right' and 'wrong' in language, there is little hope of advancing a more nuanced ...
Lippi-Green's point is, as I had remembered, that Disney protagonists (as well as their romantic partners and their mothers) tend to speak Standard American English, while other characters (including but not limited to antagonists) are more likely to speak forms of English marked for class, race, region, etc. Cnilep 07:09, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
A standard language (or standard variety, standard dialect, standardized dialect or simply standard) is any language variety that has undergone substantial codification of its grammar, lexicon, writing system, or other features and that stands out among related varieties in a community as the one with the highest status or prestige.
African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) is a nonstandard dialect of English deeply embedded in the culture of the United States, including popular culture.It has been the center of controversy about the education of African-American youths, the role AAVE should play in public schools and education, and its place in broader society. [1]
Linguistic insecurity is the negative self-image a speaker has regarding his or her own speech variety or language as a whole, especially in the perceived difference between phonetic and syntactic characteristics of one's own speech and those characteristics of what is considered standard usage, encouraged prescriptively as a preferable way of speaking, or perceived socially to be the "correct ...