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Autor/in | Meyers, Walter E. |
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Titel | Can (and Should) Standard American English Be Defined? |
Quelle | (1974), (11 Seiten)
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Beigaben | Tabellen |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Tagungsbericht; Definitions; Dialects; Diction; Language Classification; Language Standardization; Language Styles; Language Variation; North American English; Pronunciation; Sociolinguistics; Standard Spoken Usage; Vocabulary |
Abstract | This paper discusses difficulties in defining Standard American English, and the question of whether there is a need to define it. Several theories on why such a dialect should be defined are described. These are: the "propriety" theory, the "psychological" theory, the "power and prestige" theory, and the "better tool" theory, the "psychological" Standard American English is offered, but it is concluded that there is no real Standard American English to define, and no pressing need to define it. (AM) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2004/1/01 |