Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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Page 106
... noted by Platt and Weber to view as inferior even well - established usage which does not con- form to a largely irrelevant idealised norm . The new norm in Singapore is , of course , associated with socio - economic changes after the ...
... noted by Platt and Weber to view as inferior even well - established usage which does not con- form to a largely irrelevant idealised norm . The new norm in Singapore is , of course , associated with socio - economic changes after the ...
Page 146
... noted that the speech events which require prior organisation are , like Bernstein's elaborated code , associated primarily with speakers who are of relatively high status and have control over society's major resources . Since planned ...
... noted that the speech events which require prior organisation are , like Bernstein's elaborated code , associated primarily with speakers who are of relatively high status and have control over society's major resources . Since planned ...
Page 161
... noted in the Edinburgh Articulation Test ( which is , phonologically , relatively sophisticated ) . The prescrip- tive approach inherent in the design of these tests has been noted by Crystal , Fletcher and Garman ( 1976 ) , who propose ...
... noted in the Edinburgh Articulation Test ( which is , phonologically , relatively sophisticated ) . The prescrip- tive approach inherent in the design of these tests has been noted by Crystal , Fletcher and Garman ( 1976 ) , who propose ...
Contents
Standard English and the complaint tradition | 29 |
Spoken and written norms | 54 |
Grammar and speech | 70 |
Copyright | |
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