Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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... arguments can be used to justify the choice of one con- struction as against the other . In favour of different from ... argued for different to by appealing to Latin grammar ( as they commonly did in other circumstances ) : in Latin 16 ...
... arguments can be used to justify the choice of one con- struction as against the other . In favour of different from ... argued for different to by appealing to Latin grammar ( as they commonly did in other circumstances ) : in Latin 16 ...
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... arguments and arguments based on Latin grammar ( e.g. ' never use a preposition at the end of a sentence ' ) , language guardians have also used arguments based on logic or mathematics and on etymology . Thus , a mathematical argument ...
... arguments and arguments based on Latin grammar ( e.g. ' never use a preposition at the end of a sentence ' ) , language guardians have also used arguments based on logic or mathematics and on etymology . Thus , a mathematical argument ...
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... arguments : for example , he claims that it is working - class children who have suffered the consequences of this ... argument is the association of language and morality : The overthrow of grammar coincided with the acceptance of the ...
... arguments : for example , he claims that it is working - class children who have suffered the consequences of this ... argument is the association of language and morality : The overthrow of grammar coincided with the acceptance of the ...
Contents
Standard English and the complaint tradition | 29 |
Spoken and written norms | 54 |
Grammar and speech | 70 |
Copyright | |
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