TESL 232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: John Mcwhorter
18 Oct 2018
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French language = language acadamy, acad mie fran aise: none for the english language. So who decides the rules for english: language authorities, mavens, language pundits, language mavens = language experts. Highly educated on language, they teach us how to use language in writing more than speaking. Dedicated to the rules of language in writing. "this is how language is being used" describe language (how language is used out there in the world how it"s changed) lexicographers (makes dictionaries) "this is what you should do" legislating usage. If they have more knowledge than you do, you should believe them. Just (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e k(cid:374)o(cid:449)s a la(cid:374)guage, it does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) the(cid:455) k(cid:374)o(cid:449) about the la(cid:374)guage. We do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) ho(cid:449) to des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)e gra(cid:373)(cid:373)ar or e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) a(cid:374) issue i(cid:374) gra(cid:373)(cid:373)ar. What is standard english: the english that is most widely accepted and understood (not based on locality, but looked at a country and what is most widely accepted in that country)
