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Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English Paperback - 1998
by Milroy, James
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- Title Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English
- Author Milroy, James
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Third Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 188
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge, London
- Date December 22, 1998
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0415174139.G
- ISBN 9780415174138 / 0415174139
- Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 9.27 x 6.24 x 0.61 in (23.55 x 15.85 x 1.55 cm)
- Reading level 1460
- Library of Congress subjects Standard language, English language - Variation
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-21927
- Dewey Decimal Code 428
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Summary
Leading sociolinguists Lesley and James Milroy explore the perennially topical and controversial notion of 'correct' and 'incorrect' language. In this fully revised and updated third edition, they:* engage directly with the most recent arguments in the long-running debate over the teaching of Standard English in Britain* compare the langauge ideologies in Britain and the USA, invovling a discussion of the English Only movement and the Ebonics controversyThe authors consider the historical process of standardisation and its social consequences, in particlualr discrimination against low status and ethnic minority groups on the basis of their language traits.Authority in Language is indispensable for educationalists, teachers and linguists, and ideal for courses in sociolinguistics, modern English grammar, history of English and language ideology.
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