UID:
almahu_9948208570102882
Format:
XXXVII, 216 p.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 1995.
ISBN:
9780230371309
Series Statement:
Language, Discourse, Society
Content:
This study first establishes the discriminatroy and elitist nature of standard languages and standardisation itself, considering as counter-example the case of Sri Lankan English as symptomatic of the 'other' or postcolonial Englishes. On the basis of this understanding of the standard, while at the same time, accepting the necessity of standards, however attenuated, the writer argues for the active broadening of the standard to include the greatest variety possible - privileging 'meaning' over other rules - and holds that this would in fact work towards extending the bounds of linguistic tolerance.
In:
Springer eBooks
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9780333616345
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9780333616352
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9781349392698
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9780312123161
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1057/9780230371309
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230371309
