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Dictating to the Mob: The History of the BBC Advisory Committee on Spoken English
Jürg R. Schwyter
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Description for Dictating to the Mob: The History of the BBC Advisory Committee on Spoken English
Hardcover. This book is the first detailed history of The BBC's Advisory Committee on Spoken English, which was set up to provide an authoritative guide to pronunciation and the use of language for BBC announcers. It draws upon a wealth of primary sources made available by the BBC Written Archives Centre as well as other published materials. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
The BBC's Advisory Committee on Spoken English was set up to provide an authoritative guide to pronunciation and the use of language for BBC announcers. The results of its deliberations were published for general consumption in a series of pamphlets called Broadcast English. Based on primary sources, the compelling story of the Advisory Board during its crucial first 13 years is told here for the first time. It reveals how board members, including George Bernard Shaw and A. Lloyd James, soon discovered that standardization and regulation of spoken language is extremely challenging and highly controversial. The first two chapters ... Read more
The BBC's Advisory Committee on Spoken English was set up to provide an authoritative guide to pronunciation and the use of language for BBC announcers. The results of its deliberations were published for general consumption in a series of pamphlets called Broadcast English. Based on primary sources, the compelling story of the Advisory Board during its crucial first 13 years is told here for the first time. It reveals how board members, including George Bernard Shaw and A. Lloyd James, soon discovered that standardization and regulation of spoken language is extremely challenging and highly controversial. The first two chapters ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
475g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198736738
SKU
V9780198736738
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About Jürg R. Schwyter
Jürg R. Schwyter is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Lausanne and holds degrees from the Universities of Pennsylvania and Cambridge. His research interests include historical linguistics, legal English past and present, questions of standardization, and all aspects of language and the brain. He is co-editor of the journals North-West European Language Evolution, Swiss Studies in English, and ... Read more
Reviews for Dictating to the Mob: The History of the BBC Advisory Committee on Spoken English
For anyone interested in the history of the BBC's problematic relationship with the English language, as seen from within the workings of the predecessor of the current Pronunciation Unit, this book provides a wealth of behind-the-scenes detail and interesting anecdotes.
Joanna Thornborrow, University of Western Brittany, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
In this fascinating account of the ... Read more
Joanna Thornborrow, University of Western Brittany, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
In this fascinating account of the ... Read more