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Standards and norms in the English language /
The theme of this collection is a discussion of the notions of 'norms' and 'standards', which are studied from various different angles, but always in relation to the English language. These terms are to be understood in a very wide sense, allowing discussions of topics such as t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Contributions to the sociology of language ;
95. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Table of contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Standards and norms
- Part I. English over time and space
- Chapter 2 Swiss English, German English and
- American English: In grammatical alliance against traditional British
- English?
- Chapter 3 Regional variation in English in the new
- millennium: Looking to the future
- Chapter 4 The role of dialect contact in the
- formation of Englishes
- Chapter 5 Non-standardisation
- From 'standard' to 'nonstandard' grammar. New
- England in the days of Salem Witchcraft and the Civil War
- Chapter 7 The rise of prescriptive grammars on
- English in the 18th century
- Chapter 8 Lest the situation deteriorates
- A study
- of lest as trigger of the inflectional subjunctive
- Chapter 9 The BBC Advisory Committee on Spoken
- English or How (not) to construct a 'standard' pronunciation
- Chapter 10 Liverpool to Louisiana in one lyrical
- line: Style choice in British rock, pop and folk singing
- Part II. English usage in non-native
- contexts
- Chapter 11 'Standard' English, discourse grammars
- and English language teaching
- Chapter 12 Towards a new English as a Foreign
- Language curriculum for Continental Europe
- Chapter 13 Language learning and medium of
- instruction: Understanding contemporary discourses and practices in
- Swiss schools and classrooms
- Chapter 14 Can academic writing style be
- taught?
- Chapter 15 Linguascaping Switzerland: Language
- ideologies in tourism
- Chapter 16 The rules of "Denglish"
- Part III. Issues on politeness and
- impoliteness
- Chapter 17 (Im)politeness in English as Lingua
- Franca discourse
- Chapter 18 How to be impolite: Rating offensive
- strategies
- Backmatter.