Accent, descent and region are decoded to exclude outsiders

Evidence

All these markers—descent, religion, region, accent—are quickly perceived and decoded by those who possess Englishness, and to this day they are used to exclude. You are forced off center. You are a provincial. You are a spectator. If you want to belong to Englishness, you must sell off aspects of your identity. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 984

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 984
• XREF: connects to: Regional accents signal perceived social class and cultural displacement to listeners. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 48; Returning Antilleans signal allegiance through French speech or dialect; Language can distort as well as transmit human culture (+1 more)

Related

• Regional accents signal perceived social class and cultural displacement to listeners. (similarity 0.87)
• Retaining a regional accent resists class subordination rather than reactionary localism (similarity 0.80)
• Retaining a regional accent resists class subordination because the bourgeoisie share one accent (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Returning Antilleans signal allegiance through French speech or dialect #exemplifies (0.85)
• Decoded meanings, not messages, are what produce effects #expands (0.70)
• Language can distort as well as transmit human culture #expands (0.60)