Making Sense of "Bad English"

Why is it that some ways of using English are considered "good" and others are considered "bad"? Why are certain forms of language termed elegant, eloquent or refined, whereas others are deemed uneducated, coarse, or inappropriate? Making Sense of "Bad English" is an accessible introduction to attit...

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description Why is it that some ways of using English are considered "good" and others are considered "bad"? Why are certain forms of language termed elegant, eloquent or refined, whereas others are deemed uneducated, coarse, or inappropriate? Making Sense of "Bad English" is an accessible introduction to attitudes and ideologies towards the use of English in different settings around the world. Outlining how perceptions about what constitutes "good" and "bad" English have been shaped, this book shows how these principles are based on social factors rather than linguistic issues and highlights some of the real-life consequences of these perceptions. Features include: an overview of attitudes towards English and how they came about, as well as real-life consequences and benefits of using "bad" English; explicit links between different English language systems, including child’s English, English as a lingua franca, African American English, Singlish, and New Delhi English; examples taken from classic names in the field of sociolinguistics, including Labov, Trudgill, Baugh, and Lambert, as well as rising stars and more recent cutting-edge research; links to relevant social parallels, including cultural outputs such as holiday myths, to help readers engage in a new way with the notion of Standard English; supporting online material for students which features worksheets, links to audio and news files, further examples and discussion questions, and background on key issues from the book. Making Sense of "Bad English" provides an engaging and thought-provoking overview of this topic and is essential reading for any student studying sociolinguistics within a global setting.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1600902025-05-22T05:08:29Z Making Sense of "Bad English" Peterson, Elizabeth Ho Ho Bad and Good English African American English English with an Accent African American English Features Language Attitudes to English Multicultural London English Language Ideologies Standard Language Culture English language systems Bad English African-American English Ann Arbor School District New Delhi English Mother Tongue Speaker real-life social parallels Singlish English Proficiency Index Vernacular Universal Default Singulars Jack Chambers Lingua Franca Finnish Students Elf thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFB Sociolinguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CB Language: reference and general::CBX Language: history and general works Why is it that some ways of using English are considered "good" and others are considered "bad"? Why are certain forms of language termed elegant, eloquent or refined, whereas others are deemed uneducated, coarse, or inappropriate? Making Sense of "Bad English" is an accessible introduction to attitudes and ideologies towards the use of English in different settings around the world. Outlining how perceptions about what constitutes "good" and "bad" English have been shaped, this book shows how these principles are based on social factors rather than linguistic issues and highlights some of the real-life consequences of these perceptions. Features include: an overview of attitudes towards English and how they came about, as well as real-life consequences and benefits of using "bad" English; explicit links between different English language systems, including child’s English, English as a lingua franca, African American English, Singlish, and New Delhi English; examples taken from classic names in the field of sociolinguistics, including Labov, Trudgill, Baugh, and Lambert, as well as rising stars and more recent cutting-edge research; links to relevant social parallels, including cultural outputs such as holiday myths, to help readers engage in a new way with the notion of Standard English; supporting online material for students which features worksheets, links to audio and news files, further examples and discussion questions, and background on key issues from the book. Making Sense of "Bad English" provides an engaging and thought-provoking overview of this topic and is essential reading for any student studying sociolinguistics within a global setting. 2025-05-22T05:08:28Z 2025-05-22T05:08:28Z 2025-05-21T14:57:39Z 2019 book ONIX_20250521T155841_9781000652079_68 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102289 9781000652079 9781000652314 9780429328343 9781138237469 9781138237476 9781000652192 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160090 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102289/1/9781000652079.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780429328343 10.4324/9780429328343 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 77e9f348-9db8-4fde-a514-485f78f1d9a6 9781000652079 9781000652314 9780429328343 9781138237469 9781138237476 9781000652192 Routledge 190 Oxford [...] open access
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Bad and Good English
African American English
English with an Accent
African American English Features
Language Attitudes to English
Multicultural London English
Language Ideologies
Standard Language Culture
English language systems
Bad English
African-American English
Ann Arbor School District
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Default Singulars
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Finnish Students
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English with an Accent
African American English Features
Language Attitudes to English
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English language systems
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Ann Arbor School District
New Delhi English
Mother Tongue Speaker
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English Proficiency Index
Vernacular Universal
Default Singulars
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