The emergence of standard English /
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Author / Creator: | Fisher, John H. |
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Imprint: | Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 1996. |
Description: | 1 online resource (208 pages) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11114071 |
Summary: | " Language scholars have traditionally agreed that the development of the English language was largely unplanned. Fisher challenges this view, demonstrating that the standardization of writing and pronunciation was, and still is, made under the control of political and intellectual forces." |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 pages) |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0813171059 9780813171050 0813119359 9780813119359 0813108527 9780813108520 0813148464 9780813148465 |