Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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Page 91
... present participle , in words like run- ning , coming , going . We shall refer to these informally as the -in ' and -ing pronunciations . What interested Fischer was that most of the children seemed to use both forms , rather than ...
... present participle , in words like run- ning , coming , going . We shall refer to these informally as the -in ' and -ing pronunciations . What interested Fischer was that most of the children seemed to use both forms , rather than ...
Page 131
... present here three short transcripts ( A , B and C ) taken from data collected in Belfast . Extract A is taken from ... present , and although they say nothing , their presence is important ( see below ) . The fieldworker , who has been ...
... present here three short transcripts ( A , B and C ) taken from data collected in Belfast . Extract A is taken from ... present , and although they say nothing , their presence is important ( see below ) . The fieldworker , who has been ...
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... present alternates with the past tense ; this use of the historic present in narratives appears to be commonplace throughout the English- speaking world ( see Wolfson , 1976 ) . Second , direct speech is reported , for dramatic purposes ...
... present alternates with the past tense ; this use of the historic present in narratives appears to be commonplace throughout the English- speaking world ( see Wolfson , 1976 ) . Second , direct speech is reported , for dramatic purposes ...
Contents
Standard English and the complaint tradition | 29 |
Spoken and written norms | 54 |
Grammar and speech | 70 |
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