Publications

Publication details [#39776]

Williamson, John and James Crinson. 2004. Non-standard Dialect in the Formal Speech of 15-year-olds on Tyneside. Language & Education 18 (3) : 207–219.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adolescent | formal language | gender | language variation | standard1 vs. dialect2

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study examines the use of non-standard English in the formal discourse of 15- year-old Tyneside pupils of both genders and of varying attainment levels and socioeconomic status.