Dante King

Responding to Marcel’s first discussion question “How does generalizing various Latin American nationalities under the umbrella term ‘Hispanic’ impact how non-Spanish speaking populations view them?”, I believe […]

“Indirectness” is apparently one of the “signs of a bad boss”…or is it? The article argues otherwise, noting that individuals have their own preferences; some prefer indirect speech as they perceive it to be […]

Language varieties

Mr. Incredible – GA (Craig T. Nelson)
Edna Mode – GE (composite)
Syndrome – GA (Jason Lee)
Frozone – RA (Samuel L. Jackson)
Gilbert Huph (Bob Parr’s boss) – GA (Wallace […]

Does Lippi-Green sometimes go too far in her accusations of racism in Disney movies? Do the animated medium and the films’ primary demographic justify some decisions made by Disney (e.g. Scar’s distinctly British […]

In extreme cases, does political correctness push linguistic relativism to its limits, nearly supporting the rarely accepted concept of linguistic determinism? In other words, if certain ways of speaking are […]