Standard English: The Widening Debate
Tony Bex
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Description for Standard English: The Widening Debate
Paperback. This text examines late-1990s debates about the teaching of English in the school curriculum. It also looks at more general concerns about declining standards of English and places them in an historical, social and international context. Num Pages: 328 pages, 23 line figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; CJ; JNK; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415191630
SKU
V9780415191630
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Ref
99-2
About Tony Bex
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.
Reviews for Standard English: The Widening Debate
'Lively, vastly informative, scholarly - this is a notably accessible, seminal overview of a complex and as yet unresolved linguistic and educational puzzle.' - The Library Association Record 'It highlights the problem in ascertainig exactly what constitutes SE (Standard English)' - Frances Austin, English Studies, Vol.82, Feb 2001