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... social pressures , as with Gaelic , which has de- clined in Scotland because English has for many years been the dominant lan- guage of the United Kingdom . PROGRESS AND DECAY IN LAN- GUAGE . Two kinds of assumption are commonly made ...
... social pressures , as with Gaelic , which has de- clined in Scotland because English has for many years been the dominant lan- guage of the United Kingdom . PROGRESS AND DECAY IN LAN- GUAGE . Two kinds of assumption are commonly made ...
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... social status of RP . Simi- larly , some accents of English are re- garded as being more or less aesthetically pleasing than others . This , too , can be shown to be the result of the social con- notations that different accents have ...
... social status of RP . Simi- larly , some accents of English are re- garded as being more or less aesthetically pleasing than others . This , too , can be shown to be the result of the social con- notations that different accents have ...
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... social acceptability of certain terms and uses ; these vary from age to age , and are matters of social or moral concern rather than of linguistic correctness . In the 16c , titles and forms of address such as gentleman , master , and ...
... social acceptability of certain terms and uses ; these vary from age to age , and are matters of social or moral concern rather than of linguistic correctness . In the 16c , titles and forms of address such as gentleman , master , and ...
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