Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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Page 104
... associated with an open discussion of prescriptivism , it might be helpful to move into a less familiar social context and examine the character and consequences of prescriptivism there . One very interesting geographical area for ...
... associated with an open discussion of prescriptivism , it might be helpful to move into a less familiar social context and examine the character and consequences of prescriptivism there . One very interesting geographical area for ...
Page 119
... associated with what is publicly functional in the larger society outside family and personal network . Clearly , such an evaluation is a practical one , and reflects a social reality ; for such public styles tend , in Gillian Brown's ...
... associated with what is publicly functional in the larger society outside family and personal network . Clearly , such an evaluation is a practical one , and reflects a social reality ; for such public styles tend , in Gillian Brown's ...
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... associated with being a good interviewee as opposed to a good narrator . Thus , the skilful oral narrator has language abilities which , if recognised , can be built upon and expanded . The difficulty appears to be that since the ...
... associated with being a good interviewee as opposed to a good narrator . Thus , the skilful oral narrator has language abilities which , if recognised , can be built upon and expanded . The difficulty appears to be that since the ...
Contents
Standard English and the complaint tradition | 29 |
Spoken and written norms | 54 |
Grammar and speech | 70 |
Copyright | |
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Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English James Milroy,Lesley Milroy Limited preview - 2012 |
Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and Standardisation James Milroy,Lesley Milroy No preview available - 1985 |
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