03992oam 2200745I 450 991081787530332120200520144314.01-134-65313-10-203-05406-71-134-65314-X1-280-19904-0978661019904410.4324/9780203054062 (CKB)1000000000253959(EBL)169281(OCoLC)271809488(SSID)ssj0000284433(PQKBManifestationID)11239313(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284433(PQKBWorkID)10261315(PQKB)10905407(MiAaPQ)EBC169281(Au-PeEL)EBL169281(CaPaEBR)ebr10054884(CaONFJC)MIL19904(OCoLC)179162066(PPN)183107950(EXLCZ)99100000000025395920180706d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStandard English the widening debate /edited by Tony Bex and Richard J. WattsLondon ;New York :Routledge,1999.1 online resource (325 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-19163-7 0-415-19162-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-297) and index.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 TRUDGILLSpoken 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; IndexStandard 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 writtenEnglish languageStandardizationEnglish languageVariationEnglish-speaking countriesEnglish languageVariationForeign countriesEnglish languageStudy and teachingEnglish languageVariationEnglish languageUsageEnglish languageStandardization.English languageVariationEnglish languageVariationEnglish languageStudy and teaching.English languageVariation.English languageUsage.428Bex Tony1943-144825Watts Richard J22782FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910817875303321Standard English507755UNINA