Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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Page vi
... Linguistic prescription and the speech community 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The social distribution of linguistic variants 5.3 Some common prescriptions : a critique 5.4 A wider perspective on prescriptivism 73 80 88 90 90 93 97 102 ...
... Linguistic prescription and the speech community 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The social distribution of linguistic variants 5.3 Some common prescriptions : a critique 5.4 A wider perspective on prescriptivism 73 80 88 90 90 93 97 102 ...
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... linguistic variables in the Lower East Side of New York City . A linguistic variable is defined as a linguistic element which appears in different forms ( or variants ) in the speech com- munity . Thus , the -in ' and -ing variants of ...
... linguistic variables in the Lower East Side of New York City . A linguistic variable is defined as a linguistic element which appears in different forms ( or variants ) in the speech com- munity . Thus , the -in ' and -ing variants of ...
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... linguistic realism or otherwise of tests that is , whether they embody in their design an accurate conception of the contemporary language . This matter is ... Linguistic critiques of language tests: the question of linguistic realism.
... linguistic realism or otherwise of tests that is , whether they embody in their design an accurate conception of the contemporary language . This matter is ... Linguistic critiques of language tests: the question of linguistic realism.
Contents
Standard English and the complaint tradition | 29 |
Spoken and written norms | 54 |
Grammar and speech | 70 |
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Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English James Milroy,Lesley Milroy Limited preview - 2012 |
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