Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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... described as the consequence of a need for uniformity that is felt by influential portions of society at a given time . A variety is then selected as a standard ( competing varieties might no doubt be selected by different parts of the ...
... described as the consequence of a need for uniformity that is felt by influential portions of society at a given time . A variety is then selected as a standard ( competing varieties might no doubt be selected by different parts of the ...
Page 54
... described and codified forms of language are those appropriate to public , formal and , especially , written usage . One effect of this has been a neglect of the structure and social dynamics of spoken forms and hence a tendency ( in ...
... described and codified forms of language are those appropriate to public , formal and , especially , written usage . One effect of this has been a neglect of the structure and social dynamics of spoken forms and hence a tendency ( in ...
Page 161
... described in Chapter 5 often shows that this is not the case . How general examples such as these are in the test , and the quantitative effect of different ' correctness ' judgments by therapists have simply not been established . But ...
... described in Chapter 5 often shows that this is not the case . How general examples such as these are in the test , and the quantitative effect of different ' correctness ' judgments by therapists have simply not been established . But ...
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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