The Emergence of Standard English

By John H. Fisher

Book Overview

" 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."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813119359
• ISBN13: 9780813119359
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.5"