Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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... grammar coincided with the acceptance of the equivalent of creative writing in social behaviour . As nice points of grammar were mockingly dismissed as pedantic and irrelevant , so was punctiliousness in such matters as honesty ...
... grammar coincided with the acceptance of the equivalent of creative writing in social behaviour . As nice points of grammar were mockingly dismissed as pedantic and irrelevant , so was punctiliousness in such matters as honesty ...
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... grammar of speech , we begin by discussing the nature of ' grammar ' and pass on to consider some misapplications of prescriptive norms to spoken English . In Section 4.3 the dimension of contextual variability in speech is considered ...
... grammar of speech , we begin by discussing the nature of ' grammar ' and pass on to consider some misapplications of prescriptive norms to spoken English . In Section 4.3 the dimension of contextual variability in speech is considered ...
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... grammar of speech , to consider some aspects of the grammar of varieties of English that are usually described as ' non - standard ' . 4.4 The grammar of Non - Standard English Most of the examples of spoken usage discussed in Section ...
... grammar of speech , to consider some aspects of the grammar of varieties of English that are usually described as ' non - standard ' . 4.4 The grammar of Non - Standard English Most of the examples of spoken usage discussed in Section ...
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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