Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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... situation , and this is an extremely specialised kind of situation . Second , an interview with the classic question / answer format is an extremely unpromising instrument for obtaining very much language at all . Third , outside the ...
... situation , and this is an extremely specialised kind of situation . Second , an interview with the classic question / answer format is an extremely unpromising instrument for obtaining very much language at all . Third , outside the ...
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... situation . This experiment shows clearly the importance of considering systematically the influence of situation on language as a prelim- inary to reasonable assessment of language proficiency , and the implications of adopting a more ...
... situation . This experiment shows clearly the importance of considering systematically the influence of situation on language as a prelim- inary to reasonable assessment of language proficiency , and the implications of adopting a more ...
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... situation and topic on language behaviour . This work is fully reported in Wald ( 1981 ) ; we conclude this chapter ... situation , Wald notes the difficulty of arriving at a valid assessment of language ability by studying language ...
... situation and topic on language behaviour . This work is fully reported in Wald ( 1981 ) ; we conclude this chapter ... situation , Wald notes the difficulty of arriving at a valid assessment of language ability by studying language ...
Contents
Standard English and the complaint tradition | 29 |
Spoken and written norms | 54 |
Grammar and speech | 70 |
Copyright | |
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