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

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