Developing a sociolinguistic voice?: Students and linguistic descriptivism

McKinney, Carolyn and Swann, Joan (2001). Developing a sociolinguistic voice?: Students and linguistic descriptivism. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 5(4), pp. 576–590.

DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link:	http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1111/1467-9481.00167
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Abstract

The research discussed in this paper forms part of a larger project on academic literacies in a UK OPen University distance-tuaght undergraduate course on the English language (U(ZS)210 'The English Language: past, present and future'. This paper focusses on responses from students in three broad contexts: England, Singapore and Greece, to a section of the course on 'Varieties of English'.

Item Type:	Journal Article
ISSN:	1360-6441
Extra Information:	Listed in the journal as a dialogue rather than an article.
Keywords:	descriptivist; relativist; academic literacies;
Academic Unit/Department:	Education and Language Studies > Centre for Language and Communication
Interdisciplinary Research Centre:	Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET)
Item ID:	1012
Depositing User:	Users 12 not found.
Date Deposited:	19 May 2006
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2010 19:45
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/1012

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