Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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... appropriate to formal written language , but which are not appropriate in speech because they are difficult to comprehend . Broadcasters use words that are literary in nature : the vocabulary of English , he says , contains thousands of ...
... appropriate to formal written language , but which are not appropriate in speech because they are difficult to comprehend . Broadcasters use words that are literary in nature : the vocabulary of English , he says , contains thousands of ...
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... appropriate to public , formal and , especially , written usage . One effect of this has been a neglect of the structure and social dynamics of spoken forms and hence a tendency ( in the absence of adequate descriptions of speech ) to ...
... appropriate to public , formal and , especially , written usage . One effect of this has been a neglect of the structure and social dynamics of spoken forms and hence a tendency ( in the absence of adequate descriptions of speech ) to ...
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... appropriate to different situations ( McKeith , 1982 ) . The problem seems to be not lack of awareness , but the absence of a theoretical framework which enables this knowledge to be incorporated systematically into educational practice ...
... appropriate to different situations ( McKeith , 1982 ) . The problem seems to be not lack of awareness , but the absence of a theoretical framework which enables this knowledge to be incorporated systematically into educational practice ...
Contents
Standard English and the complaint tradition | 29 |
Spoken and written norms | 54 |
Grammar and speech | 70 |
Copyright | |
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