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Shuy, Roger W. – 1975
Knowledge about how language works is often considered superfluous by the public. In general, the public image of language is that language is in a serious decline and that outside influences on language have led it astray, views that are supported by false assumptions about language on the part of writers. Writers in newspapers and magazines note…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Black Dialects, Dialects, Language Standardization
