TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mallinson,William
TI  - Behind the Words: the FCO, Hegemonolingualism and the End of Britain's Freedom
SN  - 9781443868921
AV  - PE1574 
U1  - 422 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Newcastle upon Tyne
PB  - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
KW  - English language
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Standardization
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Journalistic style guides
KW  - Politics & government
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - Etymology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PROLOGUE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; BIBLIOGRAPHY
N2  - Politically correct pundits have been attempting to relegate Standard English to the status of a dialect, since they have succumbed to the idea that it is connected to 'class'. This book tears up this falsehood, pointing out that it is a question of education far more than of class. And, even then, why attack class? This linguistic disease has now infected the British Civil Service, and, in turn, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, once regarded as the bastion of good, clear English. The bo
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