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My2sense Posted 21 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Defining " Standard English "

Hi all,

What is Standard English ( or is it standard English ) ? How do you define it? Is there a Standard English?
  

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I see it like this, M²S:

[url="http://perception.st-and.ac.uk/Prototyping/prototyping.htm"]Standard English[/url]

MrP
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Paul Roberts, in Understanding Grammar, describes the five following levels of usage:

1. Choice Written English: This is the writing found in carefully edited and copy-read books and magazines. ... This is the usage described in most handbooks of English.

2. General Written English: This is exemplified by the ordinary run of newspapers the
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Standard English



SYLLABICATION:
Stan·dard English

PRONUNCIATIO
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My2sense
Hi all,

What is Standard English ( or is it standard English ) ? How do you define it? Is there a Standard English?

I was hoping that this would generate some kind of well thought out debate....
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I seem to recall that Standard English is what is also refered to as Received Pronounciation. However, the English of today is moving very much towards the so-called BBC-English, i.e. the speech one can hear in the media.

Do not know whether I am totally wrong about this one, as it is about six months ago that we had it under debate in/at class. Moreover, I am from Denmark which probably
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Hi Mr. P.

Your link takes us to something related to facial prototyping. Emotion: tongue tied
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Yes...I felt it was analogous...

MrP

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