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Creative-critical Articles (inc hybrid and ficto-criticism)

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2020): Transnational Literature

Earwitnesses

Submitted
July 31, 2020
Published
2020-10-27

Abstract

Having an accent in spoken English is a common linguistic reality for many migrants and their subsequent generations. In reality, having a linguistic variation can result in "othering", prejudice, discrimination, and racism. I wanted to explore and respond to what it means to have an accent, for both speakers and listeners. This essay includes moments of the personal with cultural, critical, and contemporary responses; poetic interruptions and instances of first language loss; of how accented language can be used to exclude and identify, but should be used to include.