John R. Rickford and Social Justice for Speakers of Vernacular English

Jeff Siegel

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John R. Rickford and Social Justice for Speakers of Vernacular English

Jeff Siegel

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John R. Rickford is one of the few linguists who has diligently combined descriptive and theoretical linguistic research with applied work. More specifically, he has been a tireless advocate for marginalised vernacular varieties of language and social justice for their speakers. Here I focus on two of the areas discussed in John's seminal article 20 years ago: An Unequal Partnership (Rickford 1997a), rally cry for sociolinguists to give back more to the communities they study. These concern the formal education system and the legal system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Companion to the Work of John R. Rickford
Editors	Renée Blake, Isabelle Buchstaller
Place of Publication	New York, United States of America
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	440-451
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9780429427886, 9781138370708
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429427886-45
Publication status	Published - 2020

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