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This master’s thesis addresses the phenomenon of code-switching, on the one hand, in general 
linguistic terms and, on the other, in a socio-cultural context. In this sense, it takes a closer look 
at the causes and effects of code-switching on African American people living in the United 
States, who switch between African American English and Standard English in their daily lives.

code-switching --- African American English --- Standard English --- socio-cultural context --- Arts & sciences humaines > Langues & linguistique

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"The notion of a 'standard' variety of English has been the subject of a considerable body of research. Studies have tended to focus on the standard features of British and American English. However, more recently interest has turned to the other varieties of English that have developed around the world and the ways in which these have also been standardised. This volume provides the first book-length exploration of 'standard Englishes', with chapters on areas as diverse as Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. This is a timely and important topic, edited by a well-known scholar in the field, with contributions by the leading experts on each major variety of English discussed. The book presents in full the criteria for defining a standard variety, and each chapter compares standards in both spoken and written English and explores the notion of register within standard varieties"--

802.0-087 --- 802.0 <100> --- 800:316 --- Engels: dialecten --- Engels. Engelse taalkunde--Wereld. Internationaal. Alle landen gezamenlijk --- Sociolinguistiek --- English language --- Sociolinguistics. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --- Englisch. --- Standardsprache. --- Sprachvariante. --- Soziolinguistik. --- English world wide. --- Standard English. --- Standardization. --- Variation. --- Dialects. --- Study and teaching. --- Linguistics --- General. --- 800:316 Sociolinguistiek --- 802.0 <100> Engels. Engelse taalkunde--Wereld. Internationaal. Alle landen gezamenlijk --- 802.0-087 Engels: dialecten --- Language arts & disciplines --- Standard english. --- Normalisation --- Sociolinguistics --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Dialects --- Standardization --- Study and teaching --- Variation --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Dialectology --- Anglais (langue) --- Dialectes --- Variation linguistique --- Normalisation. --- Dialectes. --- Variation linguistique. --- English language Study and teaching --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Germanic languages

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Everyone talks about style, but no one explains it. The authors of this book do; and in doing so, they provoke the reader to consider style, not as an elegant accessory of effective prose, but as its very heart.At a time when writing skills have virtually disappeared, what can be done? If only people learned the principles of verbal correctness, the essential rules, wouldn't good prose simply fall into place? Thomas and Turner say no. Attending to rules of grammar, sense, and sentence structure will no more lead to effective prose than knowing the mechanics of a golf swing will lead to a hole-in-one. Furthermore, ten-step programs to better writing exacerbate the problem by failing to recognize, as Thomas and Turner point out, that there are many styles with different standards.In the first half of Clear and Simple, the authors introduce a range of styles--reflexive, practical, plain, contemplative, romantic, prophetic, and others--contrasting them to classic style. Its principles are simple: The writer adopts the pose that the motive is truth, the purpose is presentation, the reader is an intellectual equal, and the occasion is informal. Classic style is at home in everything from business memos to personal letters, from magazine articles to university writing.The second half of the book is a tour of examples--the exquisite and the execrable--showing what has worked and what hasn't. Classic prose is found everywhere: from Thomas Jefferson to Junichirō Tanizaki, from Mark Twain to the observations of an undergraduate. Here are many fine performances in classic style, each clear and simple as the truth.Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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