Clues to Language Change From Non‐standard English
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9851938 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Denison (0000-0003-0712-1908, University of Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 533-545 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Life and Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-8777 • E-ISSN: 1468-0483 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0483.2008.00442.x |
| OpenAlex | W1966162540 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Colloquial speech has a different grammar from written English, and published descriptions of English are largely based on the written form; therefore the grammatical consensus may be missing important facts about everyday English. Non‐standard language often prefigures changes which spread eventually into the standard; sometimes it preserves forms lost elsewhere. Linguistic change in standard English can sometimes be detected by looking at different forms of non‐standard English, or by comparison of different national standards. These useful windows on the standard language are illustrated with examples from unplanned speech, internet data, and British and American usage
English language · Grammar · Linguistics · National standard · Standard English · Standard language · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Engineering · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |