Virtues and Vices in the American Language: A History of Attitudes.

Kahane, Henry; Kahane, Renee

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Publication Date: 1977

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Virtues and Vices in the American Language: A History of Attitudes

Kahane, Henry; Kahane, Renee

TESOL Quarterly, 11, 2, 185-201, Jun 77

This paper traces the history of changing attitudes toward American English. Two approaches to language policy have always been present, the conservative one, which considers British English the only acceptable standard, and the liberal, which favors American English. (CFM)

Descriptors: Attitude Change, Diachronic Linguistics, English, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Language Variation, North American English, Sociolinguistics, Standard Spoken Usage

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