Authority in language : investigating standard English / James Milroy and Lesley Milroy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milroy, James.

Contributor:

Milroy, Lesley.

Series:

Routledge Linguistics Classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Standard language.

English language--Standardization.

English language--Variation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

London [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

Authority 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.

Contents:

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 procedures

9. Two nations divided by the same language?: the standardlanguage ideology in Britain and the United StatesAfterword; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously pub.: 1985.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-44623-0

1-136-44624-9

0-203-12466-9

OCLC:

798532674