Voice and judgment : the practice of public politics / / Robert J. Kingston

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910466461503321
• Autore: Kingston Robert J.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Dayton, OH : , : Kettering Foundation Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• ISBN: 1-945577-29-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (149 pages)
• Disciplina: 323.0420973
• Soggetti: Political participation - United States; Politics, Practical - United States; Citizenship - United States; Forums (Discussion and debate) - United States; Democracy - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Authority in language : investigating standard English / / James Milroy and Lesley Milroy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778919703321
• Autore: Milroy James.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-136-44623-0; 1-136-44624-9; 0-203-12466-9
• Edizione: [Fourth edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Linguistics Classics
• Altri autori (Persone): MilroyLesley
• Disciplina: 420; 428
• Soggetti: Communicative competence; English language -- Standardization; Language and languages -- Ability testing; Language and languages -- Variation; Standard language
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously pub.: 1985.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-185) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 of the English-Only movement and the ; Ebonics controversy. They consider the historical process of standardisation and its social consequences, in particular discrimination against low-status and ethnic minority groups on the basis of their language traits.