A National Language Academy? Debate in the New Nation.

Heath, Shirley Brice

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ERIC Number: EJ164450

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Publication Date: 1977

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A National Language Academy? Debate in the New Nation

Heath, Shirley Brice

Linguistics, 189, 9-43, Apr 4 77

This paper reviews the debate in the new United States two hundred years ago over the issue of national language policy and a national language academy. (CHK)

Descriptors: Government Role, Individual Differences, Language Planning, Language Standardization, National Programs, Sociolinguistics, Standard Spoken Usage, United States History

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