Title: Standard English and the politics of language /
Authors: Crowley, Tony.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press,
Year: 1989
Subjects: Standard language.; English language Standardization; Language and languages.
Contents: A history of 'The history of language' -- Archbishop Trench's theory of language: the tractatus theologico-politicus -- The standard language: the literary language -- The standard language: the language of the literate -- Theorising the standard: Jones and Wyld -- Language against modernity -- Conclusion: past and present.