How dictionaries were created to oppress minorities and people-of-color.

in academics •  7 years ago 

It first proposes viewing the (bilingualized) dictionary as discourse and emphasizes bilingual lexicography as a site of an asymmetrical linguistic and cultural power dynamics. The paper then argues that a synergy of critical discourse analysis and postcolonial studies can reveal the inter-cultural ideological struggle implicit in the bilingualizing lexicographic practice.

Source: http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ps.8.4.06che

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