Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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... standard languages can be con- clusively shown to have no purely linguistic characteristics that dif- ferentiate them from non - standard forms of language ( the matter has not really been investigated ) . It appears to be an article of ...
... standard languages can be con- clusively shown to have no purely linguistic characteristics that dif- ferentiate them from non - standard forms of language ( the matter has not really been investigated ) . It appears to be an article of ...
Page 80
... non - standard . It is important for two major reasons that the grammar of Non- Standard English should be discussed . First , many Non - Standard usages are stigmatised much more overtly and consciously than the examples of colloquial ...
... non - standard . It is important for two major reasons that the grammar of Non- Standard English should be discussed . First , many Non - Standard usages are stigmatised much more overtly and consciously than the examples of colloquial ...
Page 188
... Non - standard English , 107 ; grammar of , 80-9 ; phonology of , 90-104 ; see also Belfast , Black English , Bradford , Glasgow , New York City , Norwich , Scottish speech , Singapore , West Indian speech , Non - standard language ( s ) ...
... Non - standard English , 107 ; grammar of , 80-9 ; phonology of , 90-104 ; see also Belfast , Black English , Bradford , Glasgow , New York City , Norwich , Scottish speech , Singapore , West Indian speech , Non - standard language ( s ) ...
Contents
Standard English and the complaint tradition | 29 |
Spoken and written norms | 54 |
Grammar and speech | 70 |
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