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Authority in Language : Investigating Standard English.
Authority in Language explores the perennially topical and controversial notion of correct and incorrect language. James and Lesley Milroy cover the long-running debate over the teaching of Standard English in Britain and compare the language ideologies in Britain and the USA, involving a discussion...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken : Francis,
Taylor & amp ;
2012.
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| Colección: | Routledge linguistics classics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Authority in Language; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Preface to the third edition; Key to symbols and abbreviations used in the text; Foreword to the fourth edition; 1. Prescription and standardisation; 2. Standard English and the complaint tradition; 3. Spoken and written norms; 4. Grammar and speech; 5. Linguistic prescription and the speech community; 6. Linguistic repertoires and communicative competence; 7. 'Planned' and 'unplanned' speech events; 8. Some practical implications of prescriptivism: educationalissues and language assessment procedures.
- 9. Two nations divided by the same language?: the standardlanguage ideology in Britain and the United StatesAfterword; Bibliography; Index.