Language Attitudes and the Pursuit of Social Justice

Language Attitudes and the Pursuit of Social Justice explores the relationship between language attitudes and forms of inequality and oppression, fostering greater awareness of how linguistic choices become political ones and encourages the search for practices that promote social justice.

Auteur

Mara R. Barbosa is linguist and associate professor of Spanish at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Her recent publications include work in Revista Brasileira de Lingüística Aplicada (2020) and New Approaches to Language Attitudes in the Hispanic and Lusophone World (2020).

Talia Bugel is a linguist and professor in the Department of International Language and Culture Studies, Purdue University Fort Wayne. Her publications about language attitudes include work in New Approaches to Language Attitudes in the Hispanic and Lusophone World (2020), Signo y Seña (2015), and RILI (2014).