In:Standards and Variation in Urban Speech: Examples from Lowland Scots
Ronald K.S. Macaulay
[Varieties of English Around the World G20] 1997
► pp. vii–viii
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Published online: 10 July 1997
https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g20.toc
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Table of contents
Preface
Introduction
The rise and fall of the vernacular
Double standards
RP R.I.P
Determining linguistic insecurity
The sociolinguistic significance of dialect humour
Urbanity in an urban dialect
Social class differences
Consistency and variation
The adverbs of authority
Remarkably common eloquence: the aesthetics of urban dialect
Conclusion
References
Index
