Language Attitudes and the Pursuit of Social Justice: Identity, Prejudice, and Education

Language Attitudes and the Pursuit of Social Justice explores the relationship between language attitudes and forms of inequality and oppression, fostering greater awareness of how linguistic choices become political ones and encourages the search for practices that promote social justice.

Mara R. Barbosa is an associate professor of Spanish at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. She studies the language attitudes of different groups, as well as how language attitudes may influence pedagogical practices. Her recent publications include work in Revista Brasileira de Lingüística Aplicada (2020), New Approaches to Language Attitudes in the Hispanic and Lusophone World (2020), and Language Learning Instruction for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students and Immigrant Communities (2019).

Talia Bugel is Professor in International Language and Culture Studies, Purdue University Fort Wayne, and a translator, applied linguist, and sociolinguist Her recent publications include work in New Approaches to Language Attitudes in the Hispanic and Lusophone World (2020), Signo y Seña (2015) and Revista Internacional de Lingüística Iberoamericana (2014).