{"product_id":"the-development-of-standard-english-1300-1800-theories-descriptions-conflicts-hardback-9780521771146","title":"The Development of Standard English, 1300–1800; Theories, Descriptions, Conflicts (Hardback) 9780521771146","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Development of Standard English, 1300–1800\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTheories, Descriptions, Conflicts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume describes the development of Standard English from Middle English onwards.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLaura Wright (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521771146, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 September 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages, 7 maps  14 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.7 x 2.6 cm, 0.517 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The Development of Standard English, 1300–1800 provides thought-provoking insights into the past of standard English. I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in a refreshing re-examination of the teaching of the story of this language.' International Trade\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThere are many questions yet to be answered about how Standard English came into existence. The claim that it developed from a Central Midlands dialect propagated by clerks in the Chancery, the medieval writing office of the king, is one explanation that has dominated textbooks to date. This book reopens the debate about the origins of Standard English, challenging earlier accounts and revealing a far more complex and intriguing history. An international team of fourteen specialists offer a wide-ranging analysis, from theoretical discussions of the origin of dialects, to detailed descriptions of the history of individual Standard English features. The volume ranges from Middle English to the present day, and looks at a variety of text types. It concludes that Standard English had no one single ancestor dialect, but is the cumulative result of generations of authoritative writing from many text types.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Laura Wright\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Theory and Methodology: Approaches to Studying the Standardisation of English: 1. Historical description and the ideology of the standard language Jim Milroy\u003cbr\u003e 2. Mythical strands in the ideology of prescriptivism Richard J. Watts\u003cbr\u003e 3. Rats, bats, sparrows and dogs: biology, linguistics and the nature of Standard English Jonathan Hope\u003cbr\u003e 4. Salience, stigma and standard Raymond Hickey\u003cbr\u003e 5. The ideology of the standard and the development of Extraterritorial Englishes Gabriella Mazzon\u003cbr\u003e 6. Metropolitan values: migration, mobility and cultural norms, London 1100–1700 Derek Keene\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Processes of the Standardisation of English: 7. Standardisation and the language of early statutes Matti Rissanen\u003cbr\u003e 8. Scientific language and spelling standardisation 1375–1550 Irma Taavitsainen\u003cbr\u003e 9. Change from above or below? Mapping the loci of linguistic change in the history of Scottish English Anneli Meurman-Solin\u003cbr\u003e 10. Adjective comparison and standardisation processes in American and British English from 1620 to the present Merja Kytö and Suzanne Romaine\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Spectator, the politics of social networks, and language standardisation in eighteenth-century England Susan Fitzmaurice\u003cbr\u003e 12. A branching path: low vowel lengthening and its friends in the emerging standard Roger Lass\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005924528408,"sku":"9780521771146","price":104.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521771146i_8cbb02d2-d45b-4f03-a3b7-a7737aa6bd83.jpg?v=1691367774","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-development-of-standard-english-1300-1800-theories-descriptions-conflicts-hardback-9780521771146","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}