Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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... forms incorrect is thus seen at its clearest in spelling ( on the history of spelling , see Scragg , 1975 ) . The same principle however also applies to written syntax and morphology . Uniquely correct forms have been prescribed in ...
... forms incorrect is thus seen at its clearest in spelling ( on the history of spelling , see Scragg , 1975 ) . The same principle however also applies to written syntax and morphology . Uniquely correct forms have been prescribed in ...
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... forms . NSE dialects do not simplify in all respects : the introduction of new 2nd person plural pronouns ( such as yous and y'all ) adds a poten- tially useful distinction to the grammar ; yet it is stigmatised . Similarly , the lack ...
... forms . NSE dialects do not simplify in all respects : the introduction of new 2nd person plural pronouns ( such as yous and y'all ) adds a poten- tially useful distinction to the grammar ; yet it is stigmatised . Similarly , the lack ...
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... forms . But the problem is that not all vernacular forms are as well - known as this . Thus , in Belfast , there is a ver- nacular rule which variably deletes [ r ] in initial clusters , most usually where there is a preceding fricative ...
... forms . But the problem is that not all vernacular forms are as well - known as this . Thus , in Belfast , there is a ver- nacular rule which variably deletes [ r ] in initial clusters , most usually where there is a preceding fricative ...
Contents
Standard English and the complaint tradition | 29 |
Spoken and written norms | 54 |
Grammar and speech | 70 |
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