This assessment of the present context for evolving socio-economic patterns and trends in the United States is intended to support consideration of prospects for gains in income shares among the lower income population, recognising that the United States is: a very large heterogeneous...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Language of Politeness. Theoretical Considerations and Practical Implications -- Chapter 3. Linguistic Impoliteness: The Case of Slurs -- Chapter 4. The Different Facets of Discrimination -- Chapter 5. The Economic Effects of Linguistic Discrimination --...