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James Milroy - Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English - 9780415696838 - V9780415696838
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Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English

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Description for Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English Paperback. Authority in Language is indispensable reading for educationalists, teachers and linguists and a long-standing text for courses in sociolinguistics, modern English grammar, history of English and language ideology. Series: Routledge Linguistics Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.

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.

This Routledge Linguistics Classic is here reissued with a new foreword and a new afterword in which the authors broaden their earlier concept ... Read more

Authority in Language is indispensable reading for educationalists, teachers and linguists and a long-standing text for courses in sociolinguistics, modern English grammar, history of English and language ideology.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Routledge Linguistics Classics
Condition
New
Weight
320g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415696838
SKU
V9780415696838
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Ref
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About James Milroy
James Milroy is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, University of Sheffield, and Fellow of the Faculty of Linguistics and Philology, University of Oxford. He is author of Language Variation and Change.   Lesley Milroy is currently Professor Emerita, University of Michigan and a Fellow of the Faculty of Linguistics and Philology, University of Oxford. She is co-author of Sociolinguistics: ... Read more

Reviews for Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English
‘The Milroys’ Authority in Language is the most significant textual milestone in researching the ideological construction of Standard English. An absolute must for both historical linguists and sociolinguists.’ Richard J. Watts, Emeritus Professor, University of Bern, Switzerland ‘No book on the market does a better job of explaining the issues surrounding standardization and linguistic authority in a ... Read more

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