Publications

Publication details [#51707]

Blommaert, Jan. 2009. A market of accents. Language Policy 8 (3) : 243–259.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

accent1 | dialectology | internet | language policy | pronunciation

Language as a subject

English, American

Place, Publisher

Springer

Annotation

This study deals with the cultural semantics of American accented internet courses offered by corporate providers, a new form of commodified dialectology in the language policing realm, raising subjectivity and agency issues.