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Making sense of "bad English" : an introduction to language attitudes and ide…
Why is it that some ways of using English are considered "good" and others are considered "bad"? Why are certain forms of language termed elegant, eloquent or refined, whereas others are deemed uneducated, coarse, or inappropriate? Making Sense of "Bad English" is an accessible introduction to attitudes and ideologies towards the use of English in different settings around the world. Outlining …
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- 9781138237469
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- xxiv, 166p. : ill.
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- 427 PET m
Patterns of change in 18th-century English : a sociolinguistic approach
Eighteenth-century English is often associated with normative grammar. But to what extent did prescriptivism impact ongoing processes of linguistic change? The authors of this volume examine a variety of linguistic changes in a corpus of personal correspondence, including the auxiliary do, verbal -sand the progressive aspect, and they conclude that direct normative influence on them must have b…
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- 9789027263834
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- xi. 311p. : ill.
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- 427.009033 PAT p
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