Bill Spence
Biographic Data
| ID | 6097038 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bill Spence |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bill |
| FAMILY NAME | Spence |
| SIGNATURE | SPENCE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bill Spence is a senior lecturer in the Department of English at McDaniel College. His areas of expertise include linguistics and teaching English as a second language. |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2295-5089 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
If IDA Known: The Speaker Versus the Speech in Judging Black Dialect
While a single standard for speech may be functional, dialects that differ from those used by the people in power have come to reflect inferiority, regardless of their actual merit. This teaching note shows how the devaluation of black dialect is based on the power structure and not on the inherent value of a dialect, revealing how our social norms unfairly disadvantage an entire segment of the population. This note provides a concrete example of…
If IDA Known: The Speaker Versus the Speech in Judging Black Dialect
While a single standard for speech may be functional, dialects that differ from those used by the people in power have come to reflect inferiority, regardless of their actual merit. This teaching note shows how the devaluation of black dialect is based on the power structure and not on the inherent value of a dialect, revealing how our social norms unfairly disadvantage an entire segment of the population. This note provides a concrete example of…
If IDA Known: The Speaker Versus the Speech in Judging Black Dialect
While a single standard for speech may be functional, dialects that differ from those used by the people in power have come to reflect inferiority, regardless of their actual merit. This teaching note shows how the devaluation of black dialect is based on the power structure and not on the inherent value of a dialect, revealing how our social norms unfairly disadvantage an entire segment of the population. This note provides a concrete example of…
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (1 works) · Linguistics (1 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (1 works) · Philosophy (1 works) · Philosophy (1 works) · Psychology (1 works) · Sociology (1 works) · Speech communication (1 works)