Standardizing Written English
Subtitle: Diffusion in the Case of Scotland, 15201659
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 13, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780521024044
Subjects: Language & Linguistics; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language Arts & Disciplines; English; Language; Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics; Scots language--To 1700--Standardization; Scots language--To 1700--Standardization Scot; General; Scots language; Standardization; To 1700; Written Scots
First sentence: This work is about linguistic standardization - but not, primarily, about institutionally planned and enforced standardization, nor about the complaint tradition and prescriptivism.