Language is power. The story of standard English and its enemies 0571190472

This book is ah about standard English and the educational and political controversies which have arisen about it in rec

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Table of contents :
Preface
ONE Introduction
TWO The Language Myth
THREE The Dialect Trap
FOUR Some Enemies of Standard English
FIVE Rewriting History
SIX Authority in Language: Anagogy and Prescription
SEVEN Safeguarding English
EIGHT Language in School: The Lost Generation
NINE The Language Trap Debate
TEN A National and International Language
Bibliography
References
Index

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