Tony Bex, Richard J. Watts

Standard English

The Widening Debate

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Produktbeschreibung

The debates surrounding Standard English, grammar and correctness are as intense today as ever and extend far beyond an academic context. Standard English draws together leading international scholars who confront the issues head on.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 158mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 466g
• ISBN-13: 9780415191630
• ISBN-10: 0415191637
• Artikelnr.: 22062460

Autorenporträt

Tony Bex is at the University of Kent. His previous publications includes Variety of Written English (1996). Richard J. Watts is at the University of Bern.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART I Perspectives on the history and ideology of 'Standard
English' Introduction to Part I 1The consequences of standardisation in
descriptive Linguistics 2 The social construction of Standard English:
Grammar writers as a 'discourse community' 3 Typography, lexicography and
the development of the idea of 'standard English'4 Representations of
English in twentieth-century Britain: Fowler, Gowers and Partridge PART II
Perspectives on the spoken language Introduction to Part II 5 Standard
English: What it isn't 6 Spoken standard English 7 Standard grammars,
spoken grammars: Some educational Implications PART III Perspectives from
outside the UK Introduction to Part III 18 Standard English and language
ideology in Britain and the United States 9 The names of US English: Valley
girl, cowboy, yankee, normal, nasal and ignorant 10 Functions and forms of
English in a European EFL Country EPILOGUE 11 Curiouser and curiouser:
Falling standards in the standard English debate