TY - BOOK ID - 77888196 TI - Standard English : the widening debate AU - Bex, Tony AU - Watts, Richard J. PY - 1999 SN - 0203054067 113465314X 1280199040 9786610199044 9780203054062 9780415191623 0415191629 9780415191630 0415191637 9781134653140 6610199043 9781134653096 1134653093 9781134653133 1134653131 0415191629 0415191637 9742463093 PB - London ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - English language KW - Standardization. KW - Variation KW - Study and teaching. KW - Variation. KW - Usage. KW - Grammar KW - Dialects KW - English language Study and teaching KW - Study and teaching KW - English language Usage KW - Usage KW - Germanic languages KW - English language - Standardization KW - English language - Variation - English-speaking countries KW - English language - Variation - Foreign countries KW - English language - Study and teaching KW - English language - Variation KW - English language - Usage UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77888196 AB - Standard English draws together the leading international scholars in the field, who confront the debates surrounding 'Standard English', grammar and correctness head-on.These debates are as intense today as ever and extend far beyond an academic context. Current debates about the teaching of English in the school curriculum and concerns about declining standards of English are placed in a historical, social and international context. Standard English:* explores the definitions of 'Standard English', with particular attention to distinctions between spoken and written ER -