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UNINA9910778919703321 |
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Autore |
Milroy James. |
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Titolo |
Authority in language : investigating standard English / / James Milroy and Lesley Milroy |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-44623-0 |
1-136-44624-9 |
0-203-12466-9 |
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Edizione |
[Fourth edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (206 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge Linguistics Classics |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Communicative competence |
English language -- Standardization |
Language and languages -- Ability testing |
Language and languages -- Variation |
Standard language |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-185) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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