Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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... recent empirical , descriptive and theoretical work in linguistics , including sociolinguistics . As far as possible ... recently been considerable public discussion of language problems in such spheres as the educational system , we ...
... recent empirical , descriptive and theoretical work in linguistics , including sociolinguistics . As far as possible ... recently been considerable public discussion of language problems in such spheres as the educational system , we ...
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... recent times has had a powerful effect in reducing the diversity of English and bringing about uniformity . This is not a proven fact : it is merely a belief . In favour of this view , it can be reason- ably argued that remote rural ...
... recent times has had a powerful effect in reducing the diversity of English and bringing about uniformity . This is not a proven fact : it is merely a belief . In favour of this view , it can be reason- ably argued that remote rural ...
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... recent years it has been repeatedly demonstrated that observed linguistic changes often correlate with social factors . The spread of post - vocalic [ r ] in New York City , for example , has been shown to be connected with what Labov ...
... recent years it has been repeatedly demonstrated that observed linguistic changes often correlate with social factors . The spread of post - vocalic [ r ] in New York City , for example , has been shown to be connected with what Labov ...
Contents
Standard English and the complaint tradition | 29 |
Spoken and written norms | 54 |
Grammar and speech | 70 |
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