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(GLOBAL) STANDARD ENGLISH – DAVID CRYSTAL, prestige; American English is…
(GLOBAL) STANDARD ENGLISH – DAVID CRYSTAL
STANDARD ENGLISH
The prestige comes from the adult members of the community and conventions of use
It is widely understood but not widely produced
Linguistic features: grammar, vocabulary, orthography, spelling and pronunciation
The variety of English with most prestige (socially, materially, politically, educationally)
INTERNATIONALISM X IDENTITY
INTERNATIONALISM – implies intelligibility
IDENTITY – implies individuality
THE FUTURE OF ENGLISH...
OPTIMISTS
Jakob Grimm
Webster
PESSIMISTS
Henry Sweet
STANDARD ENGLISH – LOCAL FACTORS
Express unparalleled range of fauna, flora and culture
Preserve vocabulary (e.g. prosody)
GOAL – foster national identity
BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION – idioms, regional accent, equivalent words in the other language
CONSENSUS
Domination of a present variety of English
Entirely fresh variety (useful for internationally purposes)
Composite variety
The English language went from being a historical loyal into supporting pragmatic/utalitarian reasoning
prestige; American English is the dominant variety taught as a second language