ABSTRACT
This closing chapter draws from data collected over the course of a year to analyze the ways in which linguoelitism has affected disenfranchised groups not only in the western world but also in the Caribbean where, for example, working class people have been subjected to language and accent hegemony. Similar to accentism previously defined, linguoelitism is a dominant linguistic ideology that privileges socially constructed standard languages and accents over others portrayed and treated as subaltern. Linguoelitism is linked to interwoven factors, like power, class, race, and nationality.
