Standardising English
Norms and Margins in the History of the English Language
- Editors:
- Linda Pillière, Aix Marseille Univ, LERMA
- Wilfrid Andrieu, Aix Marseille Univ, LERMA
- Valérie Kerfelec, Aix Marseille Univ, LERMA
- Diana Lewis, Aix Marseille Univ, LERMA
- Date Published: March 2018
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107191051
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This path-breaking study of the standardisation of English goes well beyond the traditional prescriptivism versus descriptivism debate. It argues that the way norms are established and enforced is the result of a complex network of social factors and cannot be explained simply by appeals to power and hegemony. It brings together insights from leading researchers to re-centre the discussion on linguistic communities and language users. It examines the philosophy underlying the urge to standardise language, and takes a closer look at both well-known and lesser-known historical dictionaries, grammars and usage guides, demonstrating that they cannot be simply labelled as 'prescriptivist'. Drawing on rich empirical data and case studies, it shows how the norm continues to function in society, influencing and affecting language users even today.
Read more- Discusses a range of English varieties including 'Englishes' of the UK, USA, and New Zealand
- Includes both theoretical and empirical chapter analysis, providing a philosophical background as well as in-depth case studies
- Combines historical and present-day studies, ideal for both historical linguistics and sociolinguistics
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- Date Published: March 2018
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107191051
- length: 298 pages
- dimensions: 234 x 159 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.53kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. Norms and Margins: Ideology and Concepts: Introduction: the norms and margins of English Linda Pillière, Wilfrid Andrieu, Valérie Kerfelec and Diana Lewis
1. Approaching norms and margins on different levels: going beyond the standard/non-standard divide Sandrine Sorlin
2. Prescriptive grammar and the rationalist cultural model of standardization Natalia Guermanova
Part II. Norms and Margins: A Historical Perspective:
3. Norms and rules in the history of grammar: French and English handbooks in the seventeenth century Wilfrid Andrieu and Valérie Raby
4. The end of toleration? Language on the margins in Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language Lynda Mugglestone
5. Eighteenth-century pronouncing dictionaries: reflecting usage or setting their own standard? Véronique Pouillon
6. Setting a standard: authors and sources in the OED Charlotte Brewer
7. Conflicting linguistic norms in the letters of Virginian soldiers during the American Civil War Gaëlle Le Corre
8. Correcting English: Josephine Turck Baker and the early American usage guide tradition Viktorija Kostadinova
Part III. Norms and Margins: Moving into the Twenty-First Century:
9. The grammatical margins of class Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
10. Concepts of correctness and acceptability in British English: exploring attitudes of lay people Carmen Eber
11. Maori English in Maori literature: standardising the margin into a norm Sonia Dupuy
12. Imposing a norm: the invisible marks of copy editors Linda Pillière.
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