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"Why is it that some ways of using English are considered "good" and others considered "bad"? Why are certain forms of language termed elegant, eloquent or refined, whereas others are deemed uneducated, coarse, or inappropriate? Making Sense of "Bad English" is an accessible introduction to attitudes and ideologies towards the use of English in different settings around the world. Outlining how perceptions about what constitutes "good" and "bad" English have been shaped, this book shows how these principles are based on social factors rather than linguistic issues and highlights some of the real-life consequences of these attitudes. Features include: an overview of attitudes towards English and how they came about, as well as real-life consequences and benefits of using "bad" English; explicit links between different English language systems, including child's English, English as a Lingua Franca, African American English, Singlish and New Delhi English; examples taken from classic names in the field, including Labov, Trudgill, Baugh and Lambert, as well as rising stars and more recent cutting-edge research; links to relevant social parallels, including known elements of cultural outputs such as holiday myths, to help readers engage in a new way with the notion of Standard English; supporting online material for students which features worksheets, links to audio and news files, sample answers to discussion questions and further background on key issues from the book. Making Sense of "Bad English" provides an engaging and thought-provoking overview of this topic and is essential reading for any student studying sociolinguistics within a global setting"--

Dialectology --- English language --- Social aspects. --- Germanic languages --- African-American English --- Bad and Good English --- English language systems --- English with an Accent --- Language Attitudes to English --- Language Ideologies --- New Delhi English --- Singlish --- real-life social parallels

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This study analyses, in a sociolinguistic approach, the speeches on the language of the Jura autonomist movement during the twenty hottest years of the struggle for the creation of the 23rd Swiss canton. It explores the hypothesis that the language ideologies present in this discourse participated in the construction of the identity of the separatist Jurassians as a French-speaking linguistic minority endangered under the tutelage of the canton of Bern with a German-speaking majority. A varied corpus has been analysed, consisting mainly of the autonomist weekly Le Jura Libre, of the publications of the Rassemblement jurassien (RJ) and of its members and of archival documents. The Jura case shows once again that language ideologies are not so much about language as about society, classifying French speakers and bilinguals, creating an impermeable symbolic border between Bernese and Jurassians. Sharing these ideologies with other minorities, the RJ amplifies very traditional received ideas on bilingualism, the excellence of French, Germanization or linguistic determinism that it reinterprets and directs in a direction allowing it to make French a symbolic weapon. This linguistic position is pushed to its climax until it becomes a real posture of political combat in the context of the Jura Question. Germanization or linguistic determinism that he reinterprets and directs in a direction allowing him to make French a symbolic weapon. This linguistic position is pushed to its climax until it becomes a real posture of political combat in the context of the Jura Question. Germanization or linguistic determinism that he reinterprets and directs in a direction allowing him to make French a symbolic weapon. This linguistic position is pushed to its climax until it becomes a real posture of political combat in the context of the Jura Question.

French language --- Language policy --- Glottopolitics --- Institutional linguistics --- Language and languages --- Language and state --- Languages, National --- Languages, Official --- National languages --- Official languages --- State and language --- Communication policy --- Language planning --- Langue d'oïl --- Romance languages --- Government policy --- Francès --- Alemany --- Política lingüística --- Estat i llengua --- Llengua i estat --- Llenguatge i llengües --- Llengües --- Normalització lingüística --- Planificació lingüística --- Política de la comunicació --- Sociolingüística --- Llengües germàniques --- Llengües romàniques --- Política governamental --- Aspectes polítics --- idéologies langagières --- sociolinguistique historique --- bilingualism --- langue française --- jura (swiss) --- language ideologies --- historical sociolinguistics --- french language --- linguistic minority --- bilinguisme --- minorité linguistique --- germanisation --- jura (suisse)