All 10 Uses
prejudice
in
Do You Speak American?
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- Some regional dialects have long enjoyed prestige; others suffer from generations of prejudice.†
Chpt Intr. *
- Though some of those prejudices show signs of weakening as American society changes, the backlash of emotional resistance to social change is often expressed in hostility to changing language.†
Chpt Intr.
- Disinterested and uninterested—"two very different words, and they should not be confused," the first meaning unprejudiced, the second not interested.†
Chpt 1unprejudiced = not with an unreasonable belief that prevents unbiased considerationstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unprejudiced means not and reverses the meaning of prejudiced. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Given all the regional diversity, and the great latitude in spoken language, what is fascinating is how passionately Americans care about being correct, with strong prejudices about "incorrect" regional features.†
Chpt 3
- This acceptance of Midwestern speech fits exactly with the results of Dennis Preston's research into prejudices Americans hold today about speech different from their own.†
Chpt 3
- Geoffrey Nunberg, the Stanford linguist, said in one of his NPR commentaries that people writing software programs for computer spell-checkers "seem to pander more and more to all the infantile schoolroom prejudices that people have about usage."†
Chpt 3
- To the extent that amelioration is happening, it's quite a contrast with the prejudice of two generations ago.†
Chpt 4
- That kind of prejudice is still alive today, if somewhat better humored.†
Chpt 4
- The outcome reflects white perceptions of both race and economic class, but also prejudice based on how people speak.†
Chpt 6
- Ann Arbor, an hour from Detroit, was the scene of what became a landmark court case about prejudice against Black English.†
Chpt 6
Definitions:
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(1)
(prejudice) bias that prevents objective consideration -- especially an unreasonable belief that is unfair to members of a race, religion, or other group
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) law: In legal use, prejudice can mean harm or to cause harm. Additionally, it has a very specific meaning when seen in the form without prejudice or with prejudice. Without prejudice means that a lawsuit or proceeding ended without legal conclusions. In a civil case, that means a case could be re-filed in the future as though the proceeding never happened. With prejudice means the lawsuit or proceeding was dismissed and cannot be re-filed by the plaintiff with the same claim.