New Horizons in Prescriptivism Research /
New Horizons in Prescriptivism Research /
ed. by Nuria Yáñez‐Bouza, María E. Rodríguez‐Gil, Javier Pérez‐Guerra.
- 1 online resource (344 p.)
- Multilingual Matters ; 176 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Prescriptivism in Language, Literary Texts and Speech Communities -- Part 1: Prescriptivism in Language Norms -- 2 ‘One of the commonest faults of even well-bred people’? Attitudes towards Post-vocalic /r/-absence, /h/-dropping and /h/-insertion in 19th-Century English Grammars -- 3 ‘Your not my type’: Effects of Stigmatised Linguistic Variation in Online Dating -- 4 Bad Grammar and Metalinguistic Awareness -- Part 2: Prescriptivism in Literary and Scripted Texts -- 5 Poetry’s for Kings: Prescriptivism and Resistance in English Poetry -- 6 The Significance of Stance in Fictional Representations of Non-Standard Language and Prescriptivism -- 7 Breaking the Who/Whom Rule: The Final Taboo? -- 8 Evaluating the Standardising Influence of the Copy Editor: A Qualitative Study -- Part 3: Prescriptivism in Speech Communities I: Varieties of English -- 9 ‘He speak very careful English’: A View on Prescriptivism in Two Outer-Circle Varieties of English -- 10 Indian English Usage in the 21st Century: Enduring Colonial Norms and Emerging Local Standards -- 11 ‘Cahstle, (…) not kehstle’: Reflections of Prescriptivism in Australian Literature -- Part 4: Prescriptivism in Speech Communities II: Beyond English-Speaking Communities -- 12 Towards Modelling Past and Present Effects of Prescriptivism: Icelandic 19th- and 21st-Century Student Essays -- 13 Prescriptivism and Variation: The Greek Word for ‘Coronavirus’ -- 14 Suppressed No More: Prescriptivism and the Evaluation of Optional Variability -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The chapters in this book address three main strands in ongoing scholarly work on prescriptivism: language, literary and scripted texts, and speech communities. Collectively, the chapters contextualise the role of prescriptivism in history as well as at the present time.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781800416154
10.21832/9781800416154 doi
Standard language.
LANGUAGE TEACHING & LEARNING (OTHER THAN ELT).
Language acquisition.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics.
428
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Prescriptivism in Language, Literary Texts and Speech Communities -- Part 1: Prescriptivism in Language Norms -- 2 ‘One of the commonest faults of even well-bred people’? Attitudes towards Post-vocalic /r/-absence, /h/-dropping and /h/-insertion in 19th-Century English Grammars -- 3 ‘Your not my type’: Effects of Stigmatised Linguistic Variation in Online Dating -- 4 Bad Grammar and Metalinguistic Awareness -- Part 2: Prescriptivism in Literary and Scripted Texts -- 5 Poetry’s for Kings: Prescriptivism and Resistance in English Poetry -- 6 The Significance of Stance in Fictional Representations of Non-Standard Language and Prescriptivism -- 7 Breaking the Who/Whom Rule: The Final Taboo? -- 8 Evaluating the Standardising Influence of the Copy Editor: A Qualitative Study -- Part 3: Prescriptivism in Speech Communities I: Varieties of English -- 9 ‘He speak very careful English’: A View on Prescriptivism in Two Outer-Circle Varieties of English -- 10 Indian English Usage in the 21st Century: Enduring Colonial Norms and Emerging Local Standards -- 11 ‘Cahstle, (…) not kehstle’: Reflections of Prescriptivism in Australian Literature -- Part 4: Prescriptivism in Speech Communities II: Beyond English-Speaking Communities -- 12 Towards Modelling Past and Present Effects of Prescriptivism: Icelandic 19th- and 21st-Century Student Essays -- 13 Prescriptivism and Variation: The Greek Word for ‘Coronavirus’ -- 14 Suppressed No More: Prescriptivism and the Evaluation of Optional Variability -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The chapters in this book address three main strands in ongoing scholarly work on prescriptivism: language, literary and scripted texts, and speech communities. Collectively, the chapters contextualise the role of prescriptivism in history as well as at the present time.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781800416154
10.21832/9781800416154 doi
Standard language.
LANGUAGE TEACHING & LEARNING (OTHER THAN ELT).
Language acquisition.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics.
428