Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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Page 51
... correct usage ' , that is another matter . Written English differs from spoken English , and there are perfectly grammatical spoken sequences that are simply not acceptable in writing ( see Chapter 4 ) . Handbooks such as that of Gowers ...
... correct usage ' , that is another matter . Written English differs from spoken English , and there are perfectly grammatical spoken sequences that are simply not acceptable in writing ( see Chapter 4 ) . Handbooks such as that of Gowers ...
Page 66
... correct spellings have been promoted largely through the activities of publishing houses , and equally ' logical ' alternants have been re- jected . The idea that a linguistic form can be uniquely correct and other ' equally good ...
... correct spellings have been promoted largely through the activities of publishing houses , and equally ' logical ' alternants have been re- jected . The idea that a linguistic form can be uniquely correct and other ' equally good ...
Page 77
... correctly deleted from its original clause and raised to the front of the sentence , and the relativiser that has ... Correct ' topicalisation would produce the impossible sentence : 21 * These are the houses that we didn't know what ...
... correctly deleted from its original clause and raised to the front of the sentence , and the relativiser that has ... Correct ' topicalisation would produce the impossible sentence : 21 * These are the houses that we didn't know what ...
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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