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Standard English and the politics of language /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crowley, Tony
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1989]
Subjects:
Standard language.
English language > Standardization.
Language and languages.
Table of Contents:
  • A history of 'The history of language'
  • Archbishop Trench's theory of language: the tractatus theologico-politicus
  • The standard language: the literary language
  • The standard language: the language of the literate
  • Theorising the standard: Jones and Wyld
  • Language against modernity
  • Conclusion: past and present.