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Peer reviewedBarratt, Leslie – Contemporary Education, 1988
To create an environment which motivates students to learn the conventions of formal writing, teachers must teach children the place that these conventions have in language and in linguistic history. Principles that give students a broad picture of language are listed. (JL)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, English, Grammar
