Authority in Language: Investigating Language Prescription and StandardisationRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 189 pages |
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... varieties , one with high and the other with low prestige , they could not tell which was which , any more than they could predict the skin colour of those who speak the two varieties . Although some evidence from work by social ...
... varieties , one with high and the other with low prestige , they could not tell which was which , any more than they could predict the skin colour of those who speak the two varieties . Although some evidence from work by social ...
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... varieties have a generalised SVO word- order ; thus , John likes coffee is grammatical , and * John coffee likes is ungrammatical in all varieties of spoken English . All English dialects are prepositional , not postpositional : * the ...
... varieties have a generalised SVO word- order ; thus , John likes coffee is grammatical , and * John coffee likes is ungrammatical in all varieties of spoken English . All English dialects are prepositional , not postpositional : * the ...
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... varieties like Jamaican creole in Britain to survive in the face of strong counter - pressures . 5.6 Conclusion We have tried to show in this chapter that social structure , at various levels , is closely connected with language ...
... varieties like Jamaican creole in Britain to survive in the face of strong counter - pressures . 5.6 Conclusion We have tried to show in this chapter that social structure , at various levels , is closely connected with language ...
Contents
Standard English and the complaint tradition | 29 |
Spoken and written norms | 54 |
Grammar and speech | 70 |
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