| Description |
xi, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Tony Bex and Richard J. Watts -- Pt. I. Perspectives on the history and ideology of 'Standard English'. 1. The consequences of standardisation in descriptive linguistics / James Milroy. 2. The social construction of Standard English: Grammar writers as a 'discourse community' / Richard J. Watts. 3. Typography, lexicography and the development of the idea of 'standard English' / Hayley Davis. 4. Representations of English in twentieth-century Britain: Fowler, Gowers and Partridge / Tony Bex -- Pt. II. Perspectives on the spoken language. 5. Standard English: What it isn't / Peter Trudgill. 6. Spoken standard English / Jenny Cheshire. 7. Standard grammers, spoken grammers: Some educational implications / Ronald Carter -- Pt. III. Perspectives from outside the UK. 8. Standard English and language ideology in Britain and the United States / Lesley Milroy |
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9. The names of US English: Valley girl, cowboy, yankee, normal, nasal and ignorant / Laura C. Hartley and Dennis R. Preston. 10. Functions and forms of English in a European EFL country / Bent Preisler. 11. Curiouser and curiouser: Falling standards in the standard English debate / Tony Crowley |
| Summary |
The controversy surrounding the definition of Standard English and the notion of what is correct and incorrect is the central issue debated in this volume by a cast of leading international scholars |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-297) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English language -- Standardization.
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English language -- Study and teaching.
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English language -- Usage.
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English language -- Variation -- English-speaking countries.
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English language -- Variation -- Foreign countries.
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English language -- English-speaking countries.
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English language -- Variation.
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English language -- Foreign countries.
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| Author |
Bex, Tony, 1943-
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Watts, Richard J.
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| LC no. |
98036167 |
| ISBN |
0415191629 (hc) |
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0415191637 (paperback) |
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