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Publication details [#18552]

Milroy, James and Lesley Milroy. 1999. Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English. Routledge. xi + 173 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
ideology | language attitude | linguistic norm | standardization
ISBN
0-415-17413-9
Edition
3

Annotation

This book discusses the subject of language prescription and standardisation, surveys the history of prescriptivism in relation to English, demonstrates its conseqences in professional spheres, and offers a critique of its basic assumptions, drawing on recent work in variationist linguistics.

Reviewed by

Dailey-O'Cain, Jennifer. 2001. Review of $Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English.