Making Sense of "Bad English" : An Introduction to Language Attitudes and Ideologies (Hardcover)

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Rationale for this book; Terminology used in this book; Introduction to Part 1: Making Sense of "Bad English"; Chapter 1. English speakers in outer-circle and expanding circle settings; Chapter 2: Where does "Good English" come from, and what does it have to do with Santa Claus?; Chapter 3. "Bad" English in inner-circle settings; Chapter 4. How "Bad English" works against us: linguistic discrimination in the USA; Chapter 5: Why does "Bad English" still exist?; Introduction to Part 2: A linguistic tour of English; Chapter 6: English as a mother tongue; Chapter 7: African American English; Chapter 8. Competing explanations for linguistic features in the Outer Circle; Chapter 9: English as a lingua franca; Summary of Part 2 ;Chapter 10. Conclusions; References; Index.