Kniha Standardizing Written English Amy J. Devitt

Standardizing Written English

Diffusion in the Case of Scotland, 1520-1659

Autor: Amy J. Devitt
Jazyk: Angličtina
Väzba: Brožovaná
Dostupnosť: Skladom u dodávateľa
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This book offers a new view of the linguistic process of standardization, the movement of specific l...

Informácie o knihe

Jazyk
Angličtina
Väzba
Kniha - Brožovaná
Vydalo
2006
Stránok
136
EAN
9780521024044
ISBN
0521024048
Enbook ID
02018437
Hmotnosť
213
Rozmery
151 x 229 x 4

Kompletný popis

This book offers a new view of the linguistic process of standardization, the movement of specific language features towards uniformity. Drawing on theoretical arguments and empirical data, it examines the way in which linguistic conformity develops out of variation, and the textual and social factors which influence this process. After defining and clarifying the general theoretical issues involved, Professor Devitt takes as a specific case study the standardization of written English in Scotland in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and shows that standardization is a gradual process, that it encompasses periods of great variation and that it occurs concurrently with sociopolitical shifts. The interrelationship of linguistic features, genres and social pressures shapes the nature and direction of standardization. This is a readable and accessible book which will appeal to those involved in the study of Scots-English, and is of importance for linguistic methodology and the study and teaching of literacy.

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