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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817875303321

Titolo

Standard English : the widening debate / / edited by Tony Bex and Richard J. Watts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-65313-1

0-203-05406-7

1-134-65314-X

1-280-19904-0

9786610199044

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BexTony <1943->

WattsRichard J

Disciplina

428

Soggetti

English language - Standardization

English language - Variation - English-speaking countries

English language - Variation - Foreign countries

English language - Study and teaching

English language - Variation

English language - Usage

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-297) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Introduction TONY BEX AND RICHARD J.WATTS; Introduction to Part I; The consequences of standardisation in descriptive linguistics JAMES MILROY; The social construction of Standard English: Grammar writers as a 'discourse community' RICHARD J.WATTS; Typography, lexicography and the development of the idea of 'standard English' HAYLEY DAVIS; Representations of English in twentieth-century Britain: Fowler, Gowers and Partridge TONY BEX; Introduction to Part II; Standard English: What it isn't PETER TRUDGILL

Spoken standard English JENNY CHESHIREStandard grammars, spoken grammars: Some educational implications RONALD CARTER; Introduction to Part III; Standard English and language ideology in



Britain and the United States LESLEY MILROY; The names of US English: Valley girl, cowboy, yankee, normal, nasal and ignorant LAURA C.HARTLEY AND DENNIS R.PRESTON; Functions and forms of English in a European EFL country BENT PREISLER; EPILOGUE; Curiouser and curiouser: Falling standards in the standard English debate TONY CROWLEY; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Standard English draws together the leading international scholars in the field, who confront the debates surrounding 'Standard English', grammar and correctness head-on.These debates are as intense today as ever and extend far beyond an academic context. Current debates about the teaching of English in the school curriculum and concerns about declining standards of English are placed in a historical, social and international context. Standard English:* explores the definitions of 'Standard English', with particular attention to distinctions between spoken and written