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Double Standards 1
Author(s) -
MACAULAY RONALD
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1973.75.5.02a00090
Subject(s) - standard english , stress (linguistics) , linguistics , class (philosophy) , standard language , english language , term (time) , work (physics) , double standard , history , sociology , computer science , political science , law , engineering , philosophy , artificial intelligence , physics , mechanical engineering , quantum mechanics
One of the unsatisfactory characteristics of much recent work in socio‐linguistics has been the indiscriminate use of the labels “Standard” and “Nonstandard,” particularly in dealing with varieties of language such as Black English. The greatest danger in the situation has been the tendency to identify Standard English with an upper class accent instead of treating the two notions as separate, though related, phenomena. The definition of the term “Standard Language” is examined with reference to the status of Schwyzertütsch, Scottish English, and Black English.