Publications

Publication details [#58072]

Antony, Mary Grace. 2013. “Thank You for Calling:” Accents and Authenticity on NBC’s Outsourced. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research 42 (2) : 192–213.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

accent1 | critical discourse analysis | language use | language variety | television soap

Language as a subject

English, Indian

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study explores discourses on the production and reception of simulated Indian accents in the brief NBC primetime sitcom 'Outsourced'. Critical Discourse Analysis discloses how linguistic hegemony may delegitimize Indian English and impede linguistic cosmopolitanism.