{"product_id":"authority-in-language","title":"Authority in Language","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAuthority in Language\u003c\/em\u003e explores the perennially topical and controversial notion of correct and incorrect language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames and Lesley Milroy cover the long-running debate over the teaching of Standard English in Britain and compare the language ideologies in Britain and the USA, involving a discussion of the English-Only movement and the Ebonics controversy. They consider the historical process of standardisation and its social consequences, in particular discrimination against low-status and ethnic minority groups on the basis of their language traits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cem\u003eRoutledge Linguistics Classic\u003c\/em\u003e is here reissued with a new foreword and a new afterword in which the authors broaden their earlier concept of language ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAuthority in Language\u003c\/em\u003e is indispensable reading for educationalists, teachers and linguists and a long-standing text for courses in sociolinguistics, modern English grammar, history of English and language ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239496438104,"sku":"9780415696821","price":173.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415696821_a59ef588-f087-4321-8fea-ba474add6358.jpg?v=1777603543","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/authority-in-language","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}