IPA: Symbols of Power?
- Afternoon Plenary
Presenter(s): Mark Hancock
sponsored by Cambridge University Press
Phonemic symbols – we love them or hate them, but often for the wrong reasons. For some, they are symbols of an elite accent which is not our own. But there is an alternative way of viewing them which is less prescriptive and more tolerant of accent variation. From this angle, they can be symbols of empowerment.