myth, mythology 20 , 44 , 53 , 55 , 66 , 80 , 133 , 157 , 200
Nagy, N. 32
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 78 , 80 – 82 , 85 , 96 , 212
National Fair Housing Alliance 78 , 80 – 82 , 96 , 212 , 322 , 324 , 329
National Geographic Society 283
National Head Start Association 316 , 320
national origin as a protected category under Title VII 170
National Public Radio (NPR) 27 , 54 , 131 , 145 , 203 , 223 , 277 , 312
National Review, The 139 – 140
Native Americans 45 , 86 – 87 , 104 , 127 , 166 , 221 , 246 – 248 , 264 , 274 , see also specific tribes
Native Hawai’ians 87 , 235 , 240 , 246
compared to more recent educational policies 87
Federal government stance on Indian education (1887), 86
non-accent, myth of 46
“non-standard language” use of the term 61 – 62
North Carolina 215 – 216 , 220 – 221 , 225 – 226 , 267
Northern Cities Chain (Vowel) Shift 33 – 35 , 50 – 51
Native Speaker (novel) 299
Nemy, E. 58
New England 21 , 29 , 59
news media in the political process 35 ff.
evaluation of language features 137
satire and parody 138
standard language ideology applied to candidates 139
Nielsen ratings 127
Niemann, Y.F. 264
Nkrumah,, K. 24
Noel, A.M. 322
non-accent 44 , 91 , 96 , 226
non-apology apology, speech act 293
Nunberg, G. 26 , 65 , 75 , 77 , 148 , 309 , 317 , 321
O’Donnell, R. 50 , 110 , 293 – 294 , 296 – 297 , 301
apology 293
ching chong 292 – 293 , 295 – 296 , 301
Oakland CA 71 , 135 , 279 , 303 – 321 , 327
Oakland School Board 309
Obama, Barrack 136 , 138 , 140 – 144 , 146 , 291 , 321 , see also political campaign 2008
“articulate” 142 – 143 , 146 , 148
as focus of anti-intellectualism 140 – 141
Republican strategy for framing as arrogant 143
and racist commentary 141 – 143
“uppity” 141 – 143 , 148
objectivity as a theoretical concept 132 – 133
Oboler, S. 259
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity 323
Ohama, M.L.F. 236 , 238