Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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... maintained , many of the narrower forms of prescriptivism have lost sight of the function of prescription in maintaining the standard . Our argument involves making some necessary distinctions that are often not made ( for example , the ...
... maintained , many of the narrower forms of prescriptivism have lost sight of the function of prescription in maintaining the standard . Our argument involves making some necessary distinctions that are often not made ( for example , the ...
Page 58
... maintained because of the common interests of these groups . But a standard language is additionally maintained in an official and institutional way . It is the official language , used by government ; it is codified in dictionaries and ...
... maintained because of the common interests of these groups . But a standard language is additionally maintained in an official and institutional way . It is the official language , used by government ; it is codified in dictionaries and ...
Page 59
... maintained by solidarity pressures and usage that is maintained , or enforced , by status - based ideologies . Despite the great improvements in communication that have come about in the last two centuries , these competing pressures ...
... maintained by solidarity pressures and usage that is maintained , or enforced , by status - based ideologies . Despite the great improvements in communication that have come about in the last two centuries , these competing pressures ...
Contents
Standard English and the complaint tradition | 29 |
Spoken and written norms | 54 |
Grammar and speech | 70 |
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