03074nam 2200613Ia 450 991097187200332120251117095333.01-136-44623-01-136-44624-90-203-12466-910.4324/9780203124666 (CKB)2550000000096904(EBL)956969(OCoLC)798532674(MiAaPQ)EBC956969(OCoLC)787849594(FINmELB)ELB134567(EXLCZ)99255000000009690419980526d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAuthority in language investigating standard English /James Milroy and Lesley Milroy4th ed.London [England] ;New York Routledge2012Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (206 p.)Routledge Linguistics ClassicsPreviously pub.: 1985.0-415-69683-6 0-415-69682-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 procedures9. Two nations divided by the same language?: the standardlanguage ideology in Britain and the United StatesAfterword; Bibliography; IndexAuthority 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.Routledge Linguistics ClassicsStandard languageEnglish languageStandardizationEnglish languageVariationStandard language.English languageStandardization.English languageVariation.428Milroy James152873Milroy Lesley152039MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971872003321Authority in language1462221UNINA