Accent, Dialect and the School

Trudgill's book can be regarded as the British counterpart to Robert A. Hall, Jr.'s Leave Your Language Alone! Trudgill presents, in lay language, linguistic theories concerning the misguided social prejudice & intolerance of nonstandard dialects & the advantage of dialect diversit...

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Published in:The Modern language journal (Boulder, Colo.) Colo.), 1976-04, Vol.60 (4), p.196-196
Main Authors: Wood, Richard E., Trudgill, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
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Applied Linguistics
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Summary:Trudgill's book can be regarded as the British counterpart to Robert A. Hall, Jr.'s Leave Your Language Alone! Trudgill presents, in lay language, linguistic theories concerning the misguided social prejudice & intolerance of nonstandard dialects & the advantage of dialect diversity. He points out the shortcomings of the widely used Initial Teaching Alphabet, which does not make phonemic distinctions found in regional dialects. Several criticisms of the work include the lack of sociological input. The work is timely & useful for both British & American readers. J. Atkinson
ISSN:0026-7902
1540-4781
DOI:10.2307/326313