Standard spoken English: What is it?

Molly · Sun Jun 22, 2008 21:17 pm *Standard spoken English: What is it?*

(Rural or regional accents, by the way.)

Ah, I thought might have overlooked that. So, which accent does your "spoken standard BrEng" use/prescribe?

Molly · Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:24 pm *Standard spoken English: What is it?*

Molly · Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:25 pm *Standard spoken English: What is it?*

Molly · Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:56 pm *Standard spoken English: What is it?*

Back to the thread topic:

Is the concept of a "spoken standard English" unproblematic?

Molly · Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:58 pm *Standard spoken English: What is it?*

Back to the thread topic:

We (includes native English-speakers) know very little about the syntactic structure of spoken English. Do you agree?

Molly · Mon Jun 23, 2008 0:00 am *Standard spoken English: What is it?*

When Mr P mentions "standard spoken (British) English" does he mean that English which is spoken by educated speakers in formal situations?

Molly · Mon Jun 23, 2008 0:02 am *Standard spoken English: What is it?*

Why have most linguists failed to describe the grammar of speech?

Molly · Mon Jun 23, 2008 0:05 am *Standard spoken English: What is it?*

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"?

Molly · Mon Jun 23, 2008 0:10 am *Standard spoken English: What is it?*

Is it true that written English has continued to be the reference point for the standard variety?

MrPedantic · Mon Jun 23, 2008 0:25 am *Standard spoken English: What is it?*

<ten posts in one go>

Confused

Have you ever read Grimm's story of the brave little tailor, M?

MrP

Molly · Mon Jun 23, 2008 0:33 am *Standard spoken English: What is it?*

MrPedantic · Mon Jun 23, 2008 0:39 am *Standard spoken English: What is it?*

Molly · Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:04 am *Standard spoken English: What is it?*

MrPedantic · Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:09 am *Standard spoken English: What is it?*

I'll pass, if you don't mind. Too many.

MrP

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