Browsing by Subject "Sociolinguistics"
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Power and Resistance: Navigating Boundaries of Talk and Silence in the Part-Time Workplace
(2015-05-29)This project explores power dynamics in the part-time workplace and their relation to the creation of boundaries of acceptability of talk, especially about workplace concerns. After a review of literature on ignorance, ... -
VOICES IN AN EDUCATION TRAP: Linguistic Deficit Theory in Nova Scotia Assessments
(2013-08-27)Research in the area of sociolinguistics, African Nova Scotian Ebonics, and literacy achievement never truly developed in Nova Scotia. Unlike previous literacy outcome research, this research study employs a qualitative ...