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Dialect Matters

Paperback • 2016 • English

Dialect Matters

By Peter Trudgill

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About the book

Based on Peter Trudgill's weekly column in the Eastern Daily Press newspaper, this book has two overall messages. The first is that language is a fascinating and enjoyable phenomenon which not enough people know enough about. The second is that we should not discriminate negatively against individuals and groups because of their accent, dialect or native language. Linguistic prejudice, known as 'linguicism', is more publicly and shamelessly demonstrated than racism and sexism, as is 'prescriptiv...Show more

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9781107571457

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

Dialect Matters

Format

Paperback

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