Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
2-16-2024
Abstract
Linguistics in Pursuit of Justice opens by stating that ‘This book is fundamentally about fairness’ (xiii). As the title and succinct opening line suggest, this book explores the role that language plays in mediating social (in)equality, (in)justice, and how the science of linguistics can promote justice and eliminate injustice. In eleven chapters, Baugh examines the linguistic dimensions of sociohistorical, economic and racial inequality, how language use is situated in linguistic stratification and subordination, and the exclusion, discrimination and disadvantage that result from such hierarchies.
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Recommended Citation
Ali, F. (2024). ’Linguistics in Pursuit of Justice’ By John Baugh (2020). Journal of Language and Discrimination, 8(1), 126-129. https://doi.org/10.1558/jld.27492
