Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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... Milroy and Lesley Milroy 1985 No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher , except for the quotation of brief passages in criticism Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Milroy ...
... Milroy and Lesley Milroy 1985 No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher , except for the quotation of brief passages in criticism Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Milroy ...
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Investigating Language Prescription and Standardisation James Milroy, Lesley Milroy. and Australasia , but also the English of , for example , Singapore ( which has , in fact , diverged considerably from British English ) and the ...
Investigating Language Prescription and Standardisation James Milroy, Lesley Milroy. and Australasia , but also the English of , for example , Singapore ( which has , in fact , diverged considerably from British English ) and the ...
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... ( Milroy and Milroy , 1978 ; L. Milroy , 1980 ; J. Milroy , 1981 , 1982 ) has shown that at lower levels of society the pronunciation of / a / ( as in bad , have , hat , etc. ) is moving away from ' front ' values ( as in RP hat ) , which ...
... ( Milroy and Milroy , 1978 ; L. Milroy , 1980 ; J. Milroy , 1981 , 1982 ) has shown that at lower levels of society the pronunciation of / a / ( as in bad , have , hat , etc. ) is moving away from ' front ' values ( as in RP hat ) , which ...
Contents
Standard English and the complaint tradition | 29 |
Spoken and written norms | 54 |
Grammar and speech | 70 |
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