| Title : | Authority in language : investigating standard English |
| Material Type: | printed text |
| Authors: | James Milroy, Author ; Lesley Milroy, Author |
| Edition statement: | 3rd ed |
| Publisher: | London [UK] : Routledge |
| Publication Date: | 1999 |
| Pagination: | xi, 173 p. |
| Layout: | 25 cm |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-415-17413-8 |
| General note: | Includes index Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-170) |
| Languages : | English (eng) |
| Descriptors: | English language - Standardization
English language - Variation
Standard language
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| Class number: | 428 |
| Abstract: | This book has a great track record; of its kind its the best on the market. - Deborah Cameron, University of Strathclyde
This influential and widely used book has been extensively revised and includes a new chapter on linguistic discrimination on the basis of class, race and ethnicity. Other topics covered include:
* National Curriculum and arguments about linguistic correctness *
* new varieties of English (including African American English)
* attitudes to language
These revisions ensure Authority in Language remains topical and up-to-date. |
| Contents note: | Prescription and standardization; Standard English and the complaint tradition; Spoken and written norms; Grammar and speech; Linguistic prescription and the speech community; Linguistic repertoires and communicative competence; ‘Planed’ and ‘unplanned; speech events; Some practical implications of prescriptivism educational issues and language assessment procedures; Two nations divided by the same language? The standard language ideology in the Britain and the United States.
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| Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=1255 |
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