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Good God but you smart! : language prejudice and upwardly mobile Cajuns /

First comprehensive book in Composition Studies to examine educational and linguistic assimilation, as well as the local languages, Louisiana French and prevalent Cajun English, of Cajuns and explores the subtle ways grammar snobbery, from classrooms to families to pop culture references, is used to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stanford, Nichole, 1977- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2016].
Subjects:
Cajuns > Languages.
English language > Dialects > Louisiana.
Sociolinguistics > Louisiana.
English language > Dialects > Social aspects.
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Summary:First comprehensive book in Composition Studies to examine educational and linguistic assimilation, as well as the local languages, Louisiana French and prevalent Cajun English, of Cajuns and explores the subtle ways grammar snobbery, from classrooms to families to pop culture references, is used to justify systemic inequality.
Physical Description:viii, 307 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781607325079
1607325071