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Publication details [#24892]

Devitt, Amy J. 1989. Standardizing written English: Diffusion in the case of Scotland, 1520-1659. Cambridge University Press. xi + 122 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
history | sociolinguistics | standard1 vs. dialect2 | standardization | written language
Language as a subject
English | Scottish

Annotation

This book offers a theoretical framework for examining the nature of linguistic standardization represented by the anglicization of Scots-English in the period 1520-1659.

Reviewed by

Harrington, Susanmarie. 1993. Review of $Standardizing written English: Diffusion in the case of Scotland, 1520-1659.
Joseph, John E. 1991. Review of A.J.Devitt (1989: `Standardizing written English: Diffusion in the case of Scotland, 1520-1659').