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Standard English: The Widening Debate
Tony Bex
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Description for Standard English: The Widening Debate
Paperback. This text examines late-1990s debates about the teaching of English in the school curriculum. It also looks at more general concerns about declining standards of English and places them in an historical, social and international context. Num Pages: 328 pages, 23 line figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; CJ; JNK; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Standard English draws together the leading international scholars in the field, who confront the debates surrounding 'Standard English', grammar and correctness head-on.
These debates are as intense today as ever and extend far beyond an academic context. Current debates about the teaching of English in the school curriculum and concerns about declining standards of English are placed in a historical, social and international context. Standard English:
* explores the definitions of 'Standard English', with particular attention to distinctions between spoken and written English
* traces the idea of 'Standard English' from its roots in the late seventeenth century through to the present day.
This is an accessible, seminal work which clarifies an increasingly confused topic. It includes contributions from: Ronald Carter, Jenny Cheshire, Tony Crowley, James Milroy, Lesley Milroy and Peter Trudgill.
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
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About Tony Bex
Tony Bex is at the University of Kent. His previous publications includes Variety of Written English (1996). Richard J. Watts is at the University of Bern.
Reviews for Standard English: The Widening Debate
'Lively, vastly informative, scholarly - this is a notably accessible, seminal overview of a complex and as yet unresolved linguistic and educational puzzle.' - The Library Association Record 'It highlights the problem in ascertainig exactly what constitutes SE (Standard English)' - Frances Austin, English Studies, Vol.82, Feb 2001