Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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Page 121
... conversation was taking place in an urban or rural setting , the intimacy of the relationship between the interlocutors and the topic of conversation , all influenced language choice in much the same way as they influence stylistic ...
... conversation was taking place in an urban or rural setting , the intimacy of the relationship between the interlocutors and the topic of conversation , all influenced language choice in much the same way as they influence stylistic ...
Page 141
... conversation generally looks quite unlike either a piece of written text or the transcript of a piece of language read aloud , such as a radio talk . We have already seen ( p . 134 ) that this is true of the spontaneous speech of low ...
... conversation generally looks quite unlike either a piece of written text or the transcript of a piece of language read aloud , such as a radio talk . We have already seen ( p . 134 ) that this is true of the spontaneous speech of low ...
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... Conversation ' , Language , 50 , 696-735 . Sankoff , G. ( 1972 ) , ' Language Use in Multilingual Societies : Some Alternative Approaches ' , in Pride and Holmes ( eds ) , 33–51 . Sankoff , G. ( 1980 ) , The Social Life of Languages ...
... Conversation ' , Language , 50 , 696-735 . Sankoff , G. ( 1972 ) , ' Language Use in Multilingual Societies : Some Alternative Approaches ' , in Pride and Holmes ( eds ) , 33–51 . Sankoff , G. ( 1980 ) , The Social Life of Languages ...
Contents
Standard English and the complaint tradition | 29 |
Spoken and written norms | 54 |
Grammar and speech | 70 |
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