{"product_id":"authority-in-language-investigating-standard-english-9780415696838","title":"Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James Milroy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAuthority in Language\u003c\/em\u003e explores the perennially topical and controversial notion of correct and incorrect language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames and Lesley Milroy cover the long-running debate over the teaching of Standard English in Britain and compare the language ideologies in Britain and the USA, involving a discussion of the English-Only movement and the Ebonics controversy. They consider the historical process of standardisation and its social consequences, in particular discrimination against low-status and ethnic minority groups on the basis of their language traits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cem\u003eRoutledge Linguistics Classic\u003c\/em\u003e is here reissued with a new foreword and a new afterword in which the authors broaden their earlier concept of language ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAuthority in Language\u003c\/em\u003e is indispensable reading for educationalists, teachers and linguists and a long-standing text for courses in sociolinguistics, modern English grammar, history of English and language ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45235963232407,"sku":"9780415696838","price":3403.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415696838.webp?v=1769211488","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/authority-in-language-investigating-standard-english-9780415696838","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}