A model of the language subordination process

1
A model of the language subordination process

• Language is mystified You can never hope to
  comprehend the difficulties and complexities of
  your mother tongue without expert guidance.
• Authority is claimed Talk like me/us. We know
  what we are doing because we have studied
  language, because we write well.
• Misinformation is generated That usage that you
  are so attached to is inaccurate. The variant I
  prefer is superior on historical, aesthetic, or
  logical grounds.
• Non-mainstream language is trivialized Look how
  cute, homey, how funny.
• Conformers are held up as positive examples See
  what you can accomplish if you only try, how far
  you can get if you see the light.
• Explicit promises are made Employers will take
  you seriously doors will open.
• Threats are made No one important will take you
  seriously doors will close.
• Non-conformers are vilified or marginalized See
  how willfully stupid, arrogant, unknowing,
  uninformed, and/or deviant and unrepresentative
  these speakers are.

2
The Sound House
3
The Communicative Burden(see Figure 4.1, p. 71)

• The speaker L1, L2, L3.
• The listener

4
What do we consider the normal state of
affairs?

• What would be the most desirable state of
  affairs?
• Monolingualism?
• Bidialectalism?
• Bilingualism?
• Multilingualism?