Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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Page viii
... knowledge available , and that decisions affecting the futures of individual children or whole social groups are not taken merely on the basis of the all too widespread folk myths about language in society . - Linguistics , psychology ...
... knowledge available , and that decisions affecting the futures of individual children or whole social groups are not taken merely on the basis of the all too widespread folk myths about language in society . - Linguistics , psychology ...
Page 70
... knowledge of the grammar of English : it is this knowledge that enables speakers to use and understand their language . Amongst other things , this knowledge enables the speaker to judge what sentences are possible Grammar and speech.
... knowledge of the grammar of English : it is this knowledge that enables speakers to use and understand their language . Amongst other things , this knowledge enables the speaker to judge what sentences are possible Grammar and speech.
Page 170
... knowledge . The child who grasps this and responds with an appropriate display of knowledge is likely to be more successful than the child who responds with silence even though both children may control the syntactic and semantic ...
... knowledge . The child who grasps this and responds with an appropriate display of knowledge is likely to be more successful than the child who responds with silence even though both children may control the syntactic and semantic ...
Contents
Standard English and the complaint tradition | 29 |
Spoken and written norms | 54 |
Grammar and speech | 70 |
Copyright | |
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