Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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... usage or of their attitudes to usage , so that we cannot easily find out what people actually think . Linguists and social psychologists who have investigated popular attitudes have found that people's overt claims about language are ...
... usage or of their attitudes to usage , so that we cannot easily find out what people actually think . Linguists and social psychologists who have investigated popular attitudes have found that people's overt claims about language are ...
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... usage is a sign of stupidity , ignorance , perversity , moral degeneracy , etc. Thus , while Type 1 complaints appear to be attacks on detailed points of usage , they are actually making claims about the superiority of one language ...
... usage is a sign of stupidity , ignorance , perversity , moral degeneracy , etc. Thus , while Type 1 complaints appear to be attacks on detailed points of usage , they are actually making claims about the superiority of one language ...
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... usage and between various levels of formality in usage ( e.g. Fowler , 1926 ) . But the doctrine of linguistic absoluteness dies hard , and these relevant distinctions are frequently not made . Examples of insensitivity to levels of usage ...
... usage and between various levels of formality in usage ( e.g. Fowler , 1926 ) . But the doctrine of linguistic absoluteness dies hard , and these relevant distinctions are frequently not made . Examples of insensitivity to levels of usage ...
Contents
Standard English and the complaint tradition | 29 |
Spoken and written norms | 54 |
Grammar and speech | 70 |
Copyright | |
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