| Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English Contributor(s): Milroy, James (Author), Milroy, Lesley (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415696836 ISBN-13: 9780415696838 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 428 |
| LCCN: 2011038085 |
| Lexile Measure: 1460 |
| Series: Routledge Linguistics Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 of language ideology. 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. |