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. John H. 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.

In these essays Fisher chronicles his gradual realization that Standard English was not a popular evolution at all but was the direct result of political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813108527
• ISBN13: 9780813108520
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher