No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and tiny bump to lower rear corner. There are actually two copies of the dust jacket, one inside the other, one is perfect. the other is near fine. 192pp. A series of essays by distinguished contributors which express the opinion that in the future there will be a powerful trend towards linguistic standardisation across the globe. In the Mont Follick Series. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Seller Inventory # 020030

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Title: Standard Languages: Spoken and Written

Publisher: Manchester University Press, Manchester

Publication Date: 1982

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (+)

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: First Edition.

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In this volume, Dr. Haas brings together studies on the powerful trend toward linguistic standardization, viewing it as an essential feature of the life of a language and of the work of grammarians. J. Vachek examines the distinctive function of written norms and D.J. Allerton considers how the same norm may serve different dialects. The book also includes four studies�by R.E. Keller, M.W.S. De Silva, T.S. Mitchell and M. Alexiou�which review present conditions in Switzerland, Ceylon, the Arabic- speaking Middle East and Greece and deal with the problems, linguistic and social, that arise from an imposition of written and spoken standards on divergent vernaculars.

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