Speak Standard, Too
Author | : Mary I. Berger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 151 |
Release | : 2004-04-03 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780963077851 |
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Author | : Mary I. Berger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 151 |
Release | : 2004-04-03 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780963077851 |
Author | : Mary I. Berger |
Publisher | : Orchard Books (IL) |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780963077806 |
The text is designed for self-study of the grammar and pronunciation of standard oral North American English. It is not intended to replace learners' dialects but to provide alternative ways of speaking for appropriate situations. The book is divided into two main sections. The first outlines pronunciation differences between Standard English (SE) and other common dialects. This section is subdivided into chapters on consonant clusters, consonant sounds, vowel sounds, and common word pronunciation differences. The second section elaborates on grammatical differences. Each of these sections includes pronunciation drills, practice sentences, and a final exam. Appended materials consist of the answers to drills, samples of broadcast copy (news, sports, weather, commercial, and public service announcements) for practice, and notes and sources. An additional brief bibliography is included. (MSE)
Author | : John H. McWhorter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781942658207 |
An authoritative, impassioned celebration of Black English, how it works, and why it matters
Author | : Mary I. Berger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1997-05 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780963077837 |
Author | : Tony Crowley |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 387 |
Release | : 2013-10-28 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1135081395 |
First published in 1991. Debates about the state and status of the English language are rarely debates about language alone. Closely linked to the question, what is proper English? is another, more significant social question: who are the proper English? The texts in this book have been selected to illustrate the process by which particular forms of English usage are erected and validated as correct and standard. At the same time, the texts demonstrate how a certain group of people, and certain sets of cultural practices are privileged as correct, standard and central. Covering a period of three hundred years, these writers, who include Locke, Swift, Webster, James, Newbolt and Marenbon, wrestle with questions of language change and decay, correct and incorrect usage, what to prescribe and proscribe. Reread in the light of recent debates about cultural identity - how is it constructed and maintained? what are its effects? - these texts clearly demonstrate the formative roles of race, class and gender in the construction of proper ‘Englishness' . Tony Crowley's introductory material breaks new ground in rescuing these texts from the academic backwater of the 'history of the language' and in reasserting the central role of language in history.
Author | : Louise Pound |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 744 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Americanisms |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Perfection Learning Corporation |
Publisher | : Turtleback |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781663608192 |
Author | : Robert Macneil |
Publisher | : Nan A. Talese |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2007-12-18 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0307423573 |
Is American English in decline? Are regional dialects dying out? Is there a difference between men and women in how they adapt to linguistic variations? These questions, and more, about our language catapulted Robert MacNeil and William Cran—the authors (with Robert McCrum) of the language classic The Story of English—across the country in search of the answers. Do You Speak American? is the tale of their discoveries, which provocatively show how the standard for American English—if a standard exists—is changing quickly and dramatically. On a journey that takes them from the Northeast, through Appalachia and the Deep South, and west to California, the authors observe everyday verbal interactions and in a host of interviews with native speakers glean the linguistic quirks and traditions characteristic of each area. While examining the histories and controversies surrounding both written and spoken American English, they address anxieties and assumptions that, when explored, are highly emotional, such as the growing influence of Spanish as a threat to American English and the special treatment of African-American vernacular English. And, challenging the purists who think grammatical standards are in serious deterioration and that media saturation of our culture is homogenizing our speech, they surprise us with unpredictable responses. With insight and wit, MacNeil and Cran bring us a compelling book that is at once a celebration and a potent study of our singular language. Each wave of immigration has brought new words to enrich the American language. Do you recognize the origin of 1. blunderbuss, sleigh, stoop, coleslaw, boss, waffle? Or 2. dumb, ouch, shyster, check, kaput, scram, bummer? Or 3. phooey, pastrami, glitch, kibbitz, schnozzle? Or 4. broccoli, espresso, pizza, pasta, macaroni, radio? Or 5. smithereens, lollapalooza, speakeasy, hooligan? Or 6. vamoose, chaps, stampede, mustang, ranch, corral? 1. Dutch 2. German 3. Yiddish 4. Italian 5. Irish 6. Spanish
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1993-06 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Great Britain. Board of Education. Committee on English in the Educational System of England |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : |