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Publication details [#18537]

Bex, Tony and Richard J. Watts, eds. 1999. Standard English: The Widening Debate. Routledge. xi + 312 pp.
Publication type
Book – edited volume
Publication language
English
Keywords
historical explanation | international context | language teaching | social context | standard1 vs. dialect2

Annotation

This reader situates current debates concerning the teaching of English in the school curriculum and questions regarding declining standards of English in a historical, social and international context.

Reviewed by

Davies, Alan. 2001. Review of $Standard English: The Widening Debate.
Cameron, Deborah. 2000. Review of $Standard English: The Widening Debate.
Coupland, Nikolas. 2000. Review article. Sociolinguistic prevarication about 'standard English'.