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Tabbert, Russell – 1994
Patterns of dialect shift and language standardization in the United States are examined and illustrated with regional dialect maps. In particular, the relationship between the disappearance of regional accents and negative attitudes about accents is discussed. It is concluded that there is a long-term trend toward a more uniform accent among…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Diachronic Linguistics, Geographic Distribution, Language Attitudes
Tabbert, Russell – 1994
The choice of a reliable authority for use in decisions of grammatical acceptability in English is discussed. It is argued that commonly-heard "rules" of English grammar offer advice that is either prescriptive or proscriptive, not descriptive, and often based on inaccuracies or flawed linguistic analyses. This is illustrated in the case of…
Descriptors: Definitions, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dictionaries