#linguistic profiling

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The Significance of Linguistic Profiling

What is Linguistic Profiling and why is it so prominent in our society? Dr. Baugh explores the field and explains dialects, accents, and our linguistic heritages.

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A TEDx talk by John Baugh about his research on linguistic profiling: when someone's denied goods or services, typically over the telephone, sight unseen, based on the sound of their voice. 

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At a professional conference some years ago, one of us on our bus tour happened to sit next to a linguist from the University of California (who is now at an Ivy League school).  He asked me what my special interest was, and I said, “Appalachian English.”  He responded, “Oh, Appalachian English is one of my favorite dialects. Does anyone still speak it?”  The question sort of took me aback, but I looked at him for a moment and replied, “Yes, I’d say about twenty million people do.”  He seemed a bit confused, so I explained that plenty of people from the region actually choose to talk the way they do and that their distinctive English is probably here to stay.  Their speech helps define who they are, whether they live in Kentucky or have moved to Detroit to work in a plant.  He looked out the window.

Michael Montgomery, on Appalachian English

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Forensic Linguistics in Court: The Unabomber

Jim Fitzgerald, formerly of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, has worked on many cases that attracted national attention, including the JonBenét Ramsey case and the post 9/11 anthrax scare, as well as the Unabomber case, which he discusses with host Jerri Williams on FBI Retired Case File Review in the audio above.

For more about the Unabomber case and the role of forensic linguistics in catching Ted Kaszynski, check out the article, linked above, that accompanies the interview.

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Forensic Linguistics on TV: The Hummert Murder

Forensic linguist Dr. Robert Leonard of Hofstra University on Investigation Discovery for the murder investigation of Charlene Hummert.

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你知道吗——你的口音会影响到房东是否让你看房租房的决定 那些在电话里听上去有白人口音的人更容易拿到面试

Linguistic profiling is the practice of making assumptions about a person's social class, race, or religion based on their accent or dialect. The man who coined this term is John Baugh, a professor of Linguistics who designed an experiment to understand the basic aspects of linguistic profiling.

In his study, he made several phone calls where he, using different accents, inquired about the availability of apartments that have been advertised on paper. He found that when he used an African American or Latino accent, he was less successful in making appointments to view the apartment. However, he was more successful in making these appointments whenever he used a Standard American Accent.

Source: Lippi-Green 2012:324

Watch this video about linguistic profiling and housing discrimination

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Linguistic discrimination in schools

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From a 2006 20/20 television segment about racial/ethnic profiling based on dialect and grammar.