Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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... attitudes to language have practical consequences , for example in education , law , business and speech therapy . But the best reason for studying prescription is simply that it is interesting in itself . 1.3 Attitudes to language As ...
... attitudes to language have practical consequences , for example in education , law , business and speech therapy . But the best reason for studying prescription is simply that it is interesting in itself . 1.3 Attitudes to language As ...
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... attitudes to social variation in language . There is clearly a difficulty in relating publicly expressed attitudes to the views that ordinary people have of their own usage . First , so- called unacceptable usage and low - status ...
... attitudes to social variation in language . There is clearly a difficulty in relating publicly expressed attitudes to the views that ordinary people have of their own usage . First , so- called unacceptable usage and low - status ...
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... attitudes . It seems that people are willing to pay lip- service to correctness and prestige variants , but at the same time they continue to speak the variety current in their own speech com- munities . In fact , statistical counts of ...
... attitudes . It seems that people are willing to pay lip- service to correctness and prestige variants , but at the same time they continue to speak the variety current in their own speech com- munities . In fact , statistical counts of ...
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 |
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