The Development of Standard English, 13001800
Subtitle: Theories, Descriptions, Conflicts (Studies in English Language)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 2, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780521771146
Subjects: Language & Linguistics; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; History; Language Arts & Disciplines; English; Language; Linguistics; English language--Standardization; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics; Grammar, Historical; General; English language; Standardization
First sentence: It has been observed (Coulmas 1992: 175) that 'traditionally most languages have been studied and described as if they were standard languages'.