Did you know there’s no single “American accent”? In this video, we explore five major American English dialects — from the ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...

While English is the most commonly used language in the United States, anyone who’s spent time in different parts of the country knows that not all Americans sound the same. Accents vary across ...

Introduction: language ideology: science fiction? -- The linguistic facts of life -- The myth of non-accent -- The standard language myth -- Language ideology and the language subordination model -- ...