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raciolinguistic en · ADJ

Etymology

From racio- + linguistic.

Meanings

1. Relating to or involving the intersection of language and race.
   • Importantly, the linguistic interpretations of white listening subjects are part of a broader, racialized semiotics of white perceiving subjects. That is, the overdetermination of spoken language practices through raciolinguistic ideologies is tied to the overdetermination of various nonspoken and nonlinguistic signs associated with racialized subjects, including literacy practices, physical features, bodily comportment, and sartorial style. 2017 September 11, Jonathan Rosa, Nelson Flores, “Unsettling race and language: Toward a raciolinguistic perspective”, in Language in Society, volume 46, number 5, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 629:

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raciolinguistics