Tony Bex, Richard J Watts

Standard English

The Widening Debate

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Produktbeschreibung

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 English * traces the idea of 'Standard English' from its roots in the late seventeenth century through to the present day. This is an accessible, seminal work which clarifies an increasingly confused topic. It includes contributions from: Ronald Carter, Jenny Cheshire, Tony Crowley, James Milroy, Lesley Milroy and Peter Trudgill.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780415191623
• ISBN-10: 0415191629
• Artikelnr.: 22180096

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