Dehegemonizing Language Standards : Learning from (Post) Colonial Englishes about English
by
A. Parakrama
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Language, Discourse, Society
ISBN-10
0333616340
ISBN-13
9780333616345
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 6th, 1995
Print length
216 Pages
Weight
468 grams
Dimensions
22.00 x 14.80 x 3.00 cms
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This study first establishes the discriminatroy and elitist nature of standard languages and standardisation itself, considering as counter-example the case of Sri Lankan English as symptomatic of the 'other' or postcolonial Englishes.
This study first establishes the discriminatroy and elitist nature of standard languages and standardisation itself, considering as counter-example the case of Sri Lankan English as symptomatic of the 'other' or postcolonial Englishes. On the basis of this understanding of the standard, while at the same time, accepting the necessity of standards, however attenuated, the writer argues for the active broadening of the standard to include the greatest variety possible - privileging 'meaning' over other rules - and holds that this would in fact work towards extending the bounds of linguistic tolerance.
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