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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: How we speak is molded by delicate, underlying social forces.
Chapter 3: The earlier your years, the easier it is to learn a language.
Chapter 4: Language can unite people, or push them farther apart.
Chapter 5: Speech may be the single most vital category shaping our biases.
Chapter 6: Linguistic biases arise at a very early age.
Chapter 7: Discrimination over someone’s accent is widespread and commonly accepted.
Chapter 8: Being raised bilingual can make you sharper and more perceptive.
Description
How You Say It (2020) examines the role that speech plays in structuring society. Through research and intelligent analysis, it shows how our accents, word choices, and other linguistic quirks become part of our identity and change how we see others.
Who Should Listen
- Social scientists wanting to learn more about language
- Big talkers curious about the hidden meaning of their accents
- Anyone interested in unpacking their unconscious biases