1. A History of 'The History of the Language' -- 2. Archbishop Trench's Theory of Language: the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus -- 3. The Standard Language: the Literary Language -- 4. The Standard Language: the Language of the Literate -- 5. Theorising the Standard: Jones and Wyld -- 6. Language Against Modernity -- 7. Continuities: Past and Present -- 8. Conclusion: Further Confusion: Kingman, Cox, the National Curriculum and After
