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Language-based Discrimination

Language-Based Discrimination is a form of national origin discrimination that targets individuals based on their native language, linguistic characteristics, or proficiency in a particular language, rather than on race or ethnicity per se.

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333

Authors

195

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2017–2026

38

Variants

Linguistic Discrimination

Parents

Publications

142

<b>English with an accent:</b> Language ideology and discrimination in the United States. By Rosina Lippi-Green. London &amp; New York: Routledge, 1997. Pp. xviii, 286.

Walt Wolfram · Language · 1999 · 1.5K citations

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An effect of linguistic experience: The discrimination of [r] and [l] by native speakers of Japanese and English

K. Miyawaki, James J. Jenkins, Winifred Strange et al. · Perception & Psychophysics · 1975 · 678 citations · Full text

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Language Discrimination by Human Newborns and by Cotton-Top Tamarin Monkeys

Franck Ramus, Marc D. Hauser, Cory T. Miller et al. · Science · 2000 · 477 citations

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Accent, standard language ideology, and discriminatory pretext in the courts

Rosina Lippi-Green · Language in Society · 1994 · 454 citations

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A Language Theory of Discrimination

Kevin Lang · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1986 · 432 citations

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Authors

333

  1. NS
    Núria Sebastián‐Gallés

    Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

    7 publications · 1.3K citations

    7

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  2. FR
    Franck Ramus

    Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, France

    5 publications · 1K citations

    5

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  3. JM
    Jacques Mehler

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    4 publications · 1K citations

    4

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  4. JF
    Janet F. Werker

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    3 publications · 766 citations

    3

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  5. SD
    Sender Dovchin

    Curtin University, Australia

    2 publications · 178 citations

    2

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Institutions

195

  1. Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    444 citations

  3. New York University

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    223 citations

  4. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    3.3K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    998 citations

  6. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    3.3K citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. École des hautes études en sciences sociales

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    820 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 4 publications · 486 citations

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  2. Journal of Language and Social Psychology

    JLSP · 4 publications · 380 citations

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  3. Infancy

    3 publications · 606 citations

    3

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  4. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 3 publications · 51 citations

    3

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  5. Language in Society

    3 publications · 713 citations

    3

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