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Author Mallinson, William

Title Behind the Words : the FCO, Hegemonolingualism and the End of Britain's Freedom
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (148 pages)
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PROLOGUE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; BIBLIOGRAPHY
Summary Politically correct pundits have been attempting to relegate Standard English to the status of a dialect, since they have succumbed to the idea that it is connected to 'class'. This book tears up this falsehood, pointing out that it is a question of education far more than of class. And, even then, why attack class? This linguistic disease has now infected the British Civil Service, and, in turn, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, once regarded as the bastion of good, clear English. The bo ..
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Subject English language -- Great Britain -- Standardization
Sociolinguistics.
Journalistic style guides.
Politics & government.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Etymology.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
English language -- Standardization
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781443868921
1443868922