Standardising English: norms and margins in the history of the English language

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Part I. Norms and Margins: Ideology and Concepts: Introduction: the norms and margins of English Linda Pilliere, Wilfrid Andrieu, Valerie Kerfelec and Diana Lewis 1. Approaching norms and margins on different levels: going beyond the standard/non-standard divide Sandrine Sorlin 2. Prescriptive grammar and the rationalist cultural model of standardization Natalia Guermanova Part II. Norms and Margins: A Historical Perspective: 3. Norms and rules in the history of grammar: French and English handbooks in the seventeenth century Wilfrid Andrieu and Valerie Raby 4. The end of toleration? Language on the margins in Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language Lynda Mugglestone 5. Eighteenth-century pronouncing dictionaries: reflecting usage or setting their own standard? Veronique Pouillon 6. Setting a standard: authors and sources in the OED Charlotte Brewer 7. Conflicting linguistic norms in the letters of Virginian soldiers during the American Civil War Gaelle Le Corre 8. Correcting English: Josephine Turck Baker and the early American usage guide tradition Viktorija Kostadinova Part III. Norms and Margins: Moving into the Twenty-First Century: 9. The grammatical margins of class Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade 10. Concepts of correctness and acceptability in British English: exploring attitudes of lay people Carmen Eber 11. Maori English in Maori literature: standardising the margin into a norm Sonia Dupuy 12. Imposing a norm: the invisible marks of copy editors Linda Pilliere.