The Emergence of Standard English
by John H. Fisher
208 pages· 1996· ISBN 9780813171050
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" Language scholars have traditionally agreed that the development of the English language was largely unplanned. 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."
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