Book contents
- Standardising English
- Standardising English
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Figures, Maps and Tables
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Norms and Margins: Ideology and Concepts
- 1 Norms and Margins of English
- 2 Approaching Norms and Margins on Different Levels: Going beyond the Standard/Non-Standard Divide
- 3 Prescriptive Grammar and the Rationalist Cultural Model of Standardisation
- Part II Norms and Margins: A Historical Perspective
- Part III Norms and Margins: Moving into the Twenty-First Century
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- References
1 - Norms and Margins of English
from Part I - Norms and Margins: Ideology and Concepts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2018
Book contents
- Standardising English
- Standardising English
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Figures, Maps and Tables
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Norms and Margins: Ideology and Concepts
- 1 Norms and Margins of English
- 2 Approaching Norms and Margins on Different Levels: Going beyond the Standard/Non-Standard Divide
- 3 Prescriptive Grammar and the Rationalist Cultural Model of Standardisation
- Part II Norms and Margins: A Historical Perspective
- Part III Norms and Margins: Moving into the Twenty-First Century
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
The introduction seeks to provide a broad theoretical framework for the various concepts explored by the authors in this volume, to examine the tensions that exist between margin(s) norm(s) and standardisation, and to give an overview of this volume. The chapter opens with an exploration of some basic definitions of standardisation and norms before considering the relationship between norms and prescriptivism. A third section examines the tension between margins and norms and finally an overview of the various chapters in this volume. is provided.
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- Standardising EnglishNorms and Margins in the History of the English Language, pp. 3 - 21Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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