LIN251H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Gallaudet University, Language Ideology, Linguistic Description
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Naturalized": need no justification, presented as neutral, rather unspoken/unconscious. Become visible when a salient event occurs (ex. when dr. zinser was appointed president of. Gallaudet university despite knowing no asl and undervaluing its importance to her students) Iconization: how a ling feature/variety/lang becomes representative of a particular group: despite arbitrary association, feature is assumed to be inherent, ex. Recursion: the projection of a distinction made at one level onto another level: 19th century multiethnic and multilingual macedonia nationally and recursively in families. Erasure: facts do not fit ideology and are rendered invisible/overlooked/explained away: standard french excludes idea of other acceptable varieties. Most visible because of obvious power differentials. Similar ideologies and their fruits remain today ex. One must speak fluent english not swahili. To win a beauty pageant in tanzania. Social psych of lang majors on the role of lang in intergroups/interpersonal relationships: Mixed attitudes result when asking questions of identity (ex.
