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English Standard Standard English Which English do you prefer? 1. I did it. 2. Come quick! 3. the book that I bought 4. them books 5. I didn t break anything. 6. I m first, ain t I? 1. I done it. 2. Come quickly! 3. the book what I bought 4. those books 5. I didn t break nothing. 6. I m first, aren t I? 2 Which English do you prefer? 1. I took some money from the ATM. 2. My Dad always votes Democrat. 3. surfing the Internet 4. Who will the blame fall on? 5. The IRS sent the refund check to my wife and I. 6. Can I speak to Susan? This is her. 7. This will wet your appetite. 1. I took some money from the ATM machine. 2. My Dad always votes Democratic. 3. surfing the Web 4. On whom will the blame fall? 5. The IRS sent the refund check to my wife and me. 6. Can I speak to Susan? This is she. 7. This will whet your appetite. 3 1 Standard English Which English do you prefer? 4 Which punctuation do you prefer? 5 Punctuation Hall of Shame 6 2 Standard English Punctuation Hall of Shame 7 Punctuation Hall of Shame 8 Punctuation Hall of Shame 9 3 Standard English Punctuation Hall of Shame 10 What is Standard English? having your nouns and your verbs agree. the English legitimized by wide usage and certified by expert consensus, as in a dictionary usage panel. what I learned at school, in Mrs. McDuffey s class. It really bothers me when I read and hear other people who obviously skipped her class. 11 What is Standard English? the proper language my mother stressed from the time I was old enough to talk. one that few people would call either stilted or low, delivered with a voice neither guttural nor strident, clearly enunciated but not priggish about it, with no one sound having a distinctive character. 12 4 Standard English What is Standard English? Standard English, also known as Standard Written English or SWE, is the form of English most widely accepted as being clear and proper. Publishers, writers, educators, and others have over the years developed a consensus of what standard English consists of. It includes word choice, word order, punctuation, and spelling. Standard English is especially helpful when writing because it maintains a fairly uniform standard of communication which can be understood by all speakers and users of English regardless of differences in dialect, pronunciation, and usage. This is why it is sometimes called Standard Written English. 13 What is Standard English? There are a few minor differences between standard usage in England and the United States, but these differences do not significantly affect communication in the English language. Most dictionaries merely report on words that are used, not on their grammar or usage. Merely because a word appears in a dictionary does not mean that it is standard. 14 What is Standard English? ye shall therfore take the vsuall speach of the Court, and that of London and the shires lying about London within lx. myles, and not much above. I say not this but that in euery shyre of England there be gentlemen and others that speake but especially write as good Southerne as we of Middlesex or Surrey do, but not the common people of euery shire George Puttenham, 1520-1590, English courtier 15 5 Standard English What is Standard English? Standard English is geographically restricted written rather than spoken a variety used by a certain social class 16 Standard English Changes Julia Keller, Chicago Tribune, February 2005: Can we, like, talk? Or write rite? And who cares, so long as you know what I m sayin Know what I m sayin ? 18 6 Standard English Standard English Changes Somebody somewhere is always complaining about somebody else s language. Somebody is always carping about how kids aren t taught grammar anymore, about how political speeches don t rise to the rhetorical distinction of a soupcan label, about how the planet is imperiled by the galloping inability of people to know the difference between it s and its and it s a crime, that s what it is. Julia Keller, Chicago Tribune, February 2005 19 Standard English Changes There s always a certain hysteria in language conversations, a very strong emotional reaction. We all think language is going to hell in a hand basket. William Labov, Linguistics Professor 20 Where does Standard English come from? 7 Standard English Where does Standard English come from? In the 17th century The suggestion that there was a right way of speaking seemed to strange most people. The uneven spelling of books and papers of the time shows that a right way of spelling was foreign to most writers and printers. 22 Where does Standard English come from? King Charles II came to the throne of England in 1649 after the tumult of the English Revolution. Britain was a society composed of several competing language varieties, of which Scots was one. The idea of standard English was in its infancy. 23 Four Stages in the Process of Standardization 1. Selection of one dialect over others 2. Codification of that dialect through dictionaries, grammars, and the schools 3. Increase in the functions and ranges of use of that dialect 4. Acceptance by the community at large of that dialect as the standard form 24 8 Standard English 1. Selection of One Dialect The Struggle for Supremacy The struggle and eventual victory of the dialect of the English south midlands over others The struggle for supremacy between English and Scots The Guid Scots Tongue 25 What happened to Scots English? The Weather Forecast in Scots English Snell winds hae rocht havoc in aw the westland airts o Scotland the day. Glesgae folk especially had a guid wheen broken lums tae thole. And while the west chittered in the cauld souch o the wind the noreast was smuird wi cranreuch and snaw. And that s the news in Scotland the nicht. Frae me guid nicht. 27 9 Standard English 1. Selection of One Dialect Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We ll tak a cup o kindness yet, For auld lang syne. 28 1. Selection of One Dialect We twa hae paidl d in the burn, Frae morning sun till dine; But seas between us braid hae roar d Sin auld lang syne. And there s a hand, my trusty fiere! And gie s a hand o thine! And we ll tak a right gude-willie waught, For auld lang syne. 29 2. Codification Dr. Samuel Johnson, (1709-1784) author of the two-volume Dictionary, containing definitions of 40,000 words 30 10 Standard English 3. Increase in Functions Standard English replaced Latin as the language of scholarship. Many varieties of English (including Standard English) spread to the New World, where it took on new words and new meanings. The Industrial Revolution in Britain led to many new words for new technologies. English began to compete with French as the language of diplomacy. 31 4. Acceptance What keeps Standard English in its high place? Schools The media The military Organized religion The economy Dictionaries Style manuals 32 4. Acceptance Judgments about SE are not judgments about language. Judgments about SE are judgments about the people who speak it. Judgments about SE are also judgments about the people who don t speak it. Judgments about SE are judgments about people who are like me. 33 11 Standard English Speaking Proper Chapter 1: The Season of Reason England s Age of Reason sees massive political upheaval; John Locke s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding argues that language needs to be used more concretely; coffee houses become centers for exchanging ideas. Chapter 2: Swift Changes Jonathan Swift argues unsuccessfully in court that English will suffer from its own growth; Dr. Samuel Johnson spends seven years updating the dictionary; upper and lower classes continue to speak different versions of the language. Chapter 3: From Scotland s Yards English replaces Gaelic in Scotland s lowlands; Thomas Sheridan s mission is to teach Scots proper English; Robert Burns poems defy much of the standard English that Sheridan fought to adopt. Chapter 4: Beyond Wordsworth s Words William Wordsworth writes in the language of the common people, to critical disdain; Richard Sheridan s Mrs. Malaprop turns the language upside down; Jane Austen popularizes literature for female readers. 34 World Standard Englishes Australian, New Zealand, and South Pacific SE British and Irish SE American SE Canadian SE Caribbean SE West, East, and South(ern) Africa standardizing English South Asian standardizing English East Asian standardizing English 35 Learning Activity Read chapters 6 and 7 in Dialects in Schools and Communities and write 2-5 pages on these two issues. Does the teaching of Standard English in schools disadvantage speakers of non-standard dialects? How can the teaching of non-standard dialects be included in the curriculum? 36 12

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