Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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... kind typically exist in small territorial communities such as villages and in well - defined urban communities ( ' urban villages ' and ghettoes ) . But they may also exist at higher levels of society , e.g. in professional sub - groups ...
... kind typically exist in small territorial communities such as villages and in well - defined urban communities ( ' urban villages ' and ghettoes ) . But they may also exist at higher levels of society , e.g. in professional sub - groups ...
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... kind discussed is functionally inefficient : the sentence may be wrongly understood . Our first example applies to standard as well as non - standard speech : our second example is based on what has become non- standard in recent ...
... kind discussed is functionally inefficient : the sentence may be wrongly understood . Our first example applies to standard as well as non - standard speech : our second example is based on what has become non- standard in recent ...
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... kind are all that we need to consider in this book . The advantage of this kind of analysis is that it allows the language of different speakers ( or of the same speaker on different occasions ) to be compared in a systematic manner ...
... kind are all that we need to consider in this book . The advantage of this kind of analysis is that it allows the language of different speakers ( or of the same speaker on different occasions ) to be compared in a systematic manner ...
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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