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(Rural or regional accents, by the way.)
Ah, I thought might have overlooked that. So, which accent does your "spoken standard BrEng" use/prescribe? |
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| #48 (permalink) Sun Jun 22, 2008 22:24 pm Standard spoken English: What is it? |
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| Do you think that's what he meant? And why would I say that? |
It would be nice to know exactly what you were saying. What was it? |
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| #49 (permalink) Sun Jun 22, 2008 22:25 pm Standard spoken English: What is it? |
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| Yankee wrote: |
Are you? |
You are, that's for sure. |
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| #50 (permalink) Sun Jun 22, 2008 22:56 pm Standard spoken English: What is it? |
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Back to the thread topic:
Is the concept of a "spoken standard English" unproblematic? |
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| #51 (permalink) Sun Jun 22, 2008 22:58 pm Standard spoken English: What is it? |
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Back to the thread topic:
We (includes native English-speakers) know very little about the syntactic structure of spoken English. Do you agree? |
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| #52 (permalink) Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:00 pm Standard spoken English: What is it? |
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| When Mr P mentions "standard spoken (British) English" does he mean that English which is spoken by educated speakers in formal situations? |
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| #53 (permalink) Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:02 pm Standard spoken English: What is it? |
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| Why have most linguists failed to describe the grammar of speech? |
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| #54 (permalink) Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:05 pm Standard spoken English: What is it? |
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| And, looking at Mr P's description of what he calls "standard spoken (British) English" above, don't you think that he's referring to what should really be called "spoken standard (British) English"? |
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| #55 (permalink) Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:10 pm Standard spoken English: What is it? |
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| Is it true that written English has continued to be the reference point for the standard variety? |
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| #56 (permalink) Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:25 pm Standard spoken English: What is it? |
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<ten posts in one go>
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Have you ever read Grimm's story of the brave little tailor, M?
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| #57 (permalink) Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:33 pm Standard spoken English: What is it? |
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| MrPedantic wrote: |
<ten posts in one go>
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Have you ever read Grimm's story of the brave little tailor, M?
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Have you ever left the "age of reason", P? |
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| #58 (permalink) Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:39 pm Standard spoken English: What is it? |
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| Molly wrote: |
| Have you ever left the "age of reason", P? |
What an interesting comment. Do you see the brothers Grimm as part of the "Age of Reason"?
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Edit: the Grimms', not Grimm's, I suppose, in my earlier post. |
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| #59 (permalink) Mon Jun 23, 2008 0:04 am Standard spoken English: What is it? |
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| MrPedantic wrote: |
| What an interesting comment. Do you see the brothers Grimm as part of the "Age of Reason"? |
I see your grim Grimm posts and taunts as an example of avoiding the above questions. When you're ready... |
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| #60 (permalink) Mon Jun 23, 2008 0:09 am Standard spoken English: What is it? |
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I'll pass, if you don't mind. Too many.
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